Paxton's Magazine of Botany (1834-1849)

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Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants

by Sir Joseph Paxton

With engravings or lithographs from drawings by F.W. Smith & S. Holden

Published by Orr & Smith/W.S. Orr & Co., London
(1834-1849)

Original, fine hand-coloured engravings and lithographs over 175 years old

approx. 6¼x 9 inches on beautiful woven paper
Original text provided whenever possible.

Paxton

Sir Joseph Paxton
(1803-1865)

Paxton was a hugely talented man. He started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire.
His design of the conservatory at Chatsworth House served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851.
Incredibly, he designed this giant, intricate building in less than 9 days on a piece of blotting paper.
The building itself was erected in just six months, with 293,655 panes of glass, 330 huge iron columns and 24 miles of gutters.

These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as Paxton’s Magazine of Botany which was published in 16 volumes from 1834-49.

Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th-century botanicals.
If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US Dollars.

(please click on thumbnails for an enlarged view)

Camellia Japonica Fordii

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Camellia reticulata
(Captain Rowes' Camellia)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Poeonia edulis Reevesiana
(Mr. Reeve's Poeony)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Cattleya intermedia
(Intermediate or Middle-sized Flowered Cattleya)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Dendrobium moschatum
(Musk-scented Dendrobium)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Oncidium Lanceanum
(Mr. Lance's Oncidium)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Renanthera coccinea
(Chinese Scarlet-flowered Air Plant)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Heliconia braziliensis
(Brazilian Heliconia)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Tacsonia pinnatistipula
(Pinnated Stipuled Tacsonia)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Statice arborea
(Arboreus Statice)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Epiphyllum Splendidum

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Nerium thyrsiflora
(Dense-flowered Oleander)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Ismene Amancaes
(Narcissus-flowered Ismene)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Phlox cordata grandiflora
(Great-flowered Cordate Lichnidea)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Clerodendrum speciosissmum
(Beautiful Scarlet Clerodendrum)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

some foxing, see enlargement

Nepenthes distillatoria
(Pitcher Plant)

some foxing, see enlargement

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Musa Cavendishii
(The Cavendish Plantain)

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued)

Telopea speciosissima

$159.95

(double-page with center fold,
as issued, no text avail.)

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Thousands of original Botanical prints here

These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as Paxton’s Magazine of Botany which was published in 16 volumes from 1834-49.

Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th-century botanicals. If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US Dollars.

Paxton’s prints tend to be harder to find and more expensive than other 19th-century botanicals.
If you look in galleries in cities such as London you will often see similar prints by Paxton for sale for many hundreds of US Dollars.