Francis Sansom (1780–1810)
“Tussilago
Petasites” (aka. Butter-burr) (1777–78), published in the first edition
(approximately 300 copies) of William Curtis’ (1746–99) “Flora Londinensis, or,
Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs of London:
with their places of growth, and times of flowering, their several names according
to Linnæus and other authors: with a particular description of each plant in
Latin and English : to which are added, their several uses in medicine,
agriculture, rural economy and other arts”, 1777, Curtis, Vol. 2: t. 59 [134].
Engraving on
wove paper with hand colouring in watercolour (as published in "Flora
Londinensis”)
Size: (sheet)
47 x 28.9 cm; (plate) 44.4 x 26.3 cm
See description
of this print at: http://plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=163837&mobile=0
Condition:
extremely rare (only 300 copies), crisp impression with superb hand-colouring
and margins as published. The sheet is in excellent condition for its age with
only minor signs of age toning at the edges. There is an ink stamp verso from
the library which deacquisitioned the print.
I am selling
this extraordinary engraving of the utmost rarity (only 300 copies exist)
hand-coloured by a true master of watercolour for first edition (1777) of
Curtis’ “Flora Londinensis” for a total cost of AU$189 (currently
US$140.54/EUR126.42/GBP104.31at the time of this listing) including postage and
handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are
interested in purchasing this magnificent botanical engraving of the highest
order of skill, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will
send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
As most racy
gentlemen would know, this plant is useful in the treatment of gonorrhoea. (As
I am not a racy gentleman I cannot tell you how it is useful.) From my
research, Rosenberg describes his use of it for an “extremely violent
gonorrhoea, penis swollen, painful, emission of urine extremely painful, mixed
with blood, patient feverish and restless” and offers the following account:
“Tuss. p.
[Tussilago petasites] was given in water.
There was a
great aggravation of all symptoms in thirty-six hours.
The remedy was
discontinued and marked amelioration followed.
Resumed again,
much diluted, rapid cure followed.
The remedy was
used externally as well in this case.” (see http://www.homeopathycenter.org/remedy/tussilago-petasites)
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