Description
Fine original hand coloured botanical illustration dated 1801 of the parrot’s beak.
Common names: parrot’s beak, parakeet flower, parrot’s flower, parrot’s plantain, false bird-of-paradise
Binomial name: Heliconia Psittacorum
Distribution: Caribbean & South America
First described: Linnaneus
From Curtis’s Botanical Magazine: or, Flower-Garden Displayed..
References:
Sitwell, S. Fine Flower Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 pp.156–157.
Nissen, C. Die Botanische Buchillustration. Stuttgart 1966 2350.
Plesch, A. The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung Fur Botanik Vaduz Liechtenstein.. London 1975 164.
Henrey, B. British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800…London 1975 472.
Blunt, W. The Art of Botanical Illustration London 1950 pp. 211-217.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3164201
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS RB/DS580.5/2
State Library Victoria: RARES 580.5 C94
