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Wild Flowers of the British Isles

Illustrated and Written by H. Isabel Adams F.L.S.
Revised by James E. Bagnall, A.L.S.

Published by William Heinemann, London
MCMX
(1910)


Original 110-year-old antique Arts and Crafts color prints

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)

Perfect size for easy matting and framing. Standard 8 1/2 x 11 mats and frames would be an inexpensive way to frame these beautiful arts and crafts botanicals!
Great for wall groupings, kitchens, sun rooms, etc.

The wealth of talented artists in botanical illustration never ceases to amaze and H. Isabel Adams is another outstanding discovery. A member of the Botanical Society of the British Isles and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, she was a graduate of Birmingham Art School. She worked in the Arts and Crafts style, designing bookplates and children's books: Little Red Riding Hood and the History of Tom Thumb.

Not much is known about this artist, but the beauty of the Arts and Crafts botanicals speak to her talent!

“We have seen few flower drawings (always excepting Curtis's Flora Londinensis) that have given us so much pleasure to look at. From one to half-a-dozen plants are figured on a page; but Miss Adams manages to keep the character of each species distinct, and the grouping is often full of skill and grace. We have nothing but praise for the colouring, especially the various greens. The yellow of the rock-rose is beautiful, and the more subdued mauves and pinks are excellent.”
– part of an article published in 1907 by the Spectator (Archives)

Please click on a thumbnail for enlargement. Prints are generally in excellent condition with only some minor handling in the margins. Anything significant will be noted below the thumbnail images below.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW FOR A VIEW OF THE ENTIRE PLATE.
The Buttercup Family

Vol I, Plate 1
The Buttercup Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Traveller's Joy, Old Man's Beard, Wood Anemone, Yellow Meadow Rue

Vol I, Plate 2
Traveller's Joy, Old Man's Beard, Wood Anemone, Yellow Meadow Rue

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Marsh Marigold, King Cup, Water Blobs, Mary Buds, Meadow Rout, Water Caltrops, Water Crow-foot, Lesser Spearwort

Vol I, Plate 3
Marsh Marigold, King Cup, Water Blobs, Mary Buds, Meadow Rout, Water Caltrops, Water Crowfoot, Lesser Spearwort

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Field Crowfoot, Creeping Buttercup, Upright Buttercup, Bulbous Buttercup

Vol I, Plate 4
Field Crowfoot, Creeping Buttercup, Upright Buttercup, Bulbous Buttercup

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Golden Ball, Mountain Globe Flower, Winter Aconite, Stinking Hellebore, Setterwort

Vol I, Plate 5
Golden Ball, Mountain Globe Flower, Winter Aconite, Stinking Hellebore, Setterwort

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Common Monkshood, Common Columbine, Common Larkspur

Vol I, Plate 6
Common Monkshood, Common Columbine, Common Larkspur

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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Common Red Poppy, Greater Celandine, Yellow Horned Poppy, Common Welsh Poppy

Vol I, Plate 7
Common Red Poppy, Greater Celandine, Yellow Horned Poppy, Common Welsh Poppy

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 9 inches (about 15.3 x 22.8 cm)
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Fumitory Family

Vol I, Plate 8
Fumitory Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Cabbage Family

Vol I, Plate 9
Cabbage Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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Note: indentation in left margin (would be unobtrusive when matted)

$74.95
 
Sea Kale, Purple Sea Rocket

Vol I, Plate 10
Sea Kale, Purple Sea Rocket

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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Note: indentation in left margin (would be unobtrusive when matted); also some remnant of tissue guard extreme left edge of paper, well away from image

$74.95
 
Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Common Water-cress, Wild Radish, White Charlock

Vol I, Plate 11
Common Winter-cress, Yellow Rocket, Common Water-cress, Wild Radish, White Charlock

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Large Flowered Bitter Cress, Hairy Bitter Cress, Cuckoo Flower, Meadow Ladies Smock, Hairy Rock Cress

Vol I, Plate 12
Large Flowered Bitter Cress, Hairy Bitter Cress, Cuckoo Flower, Meadow Ladies Smock, Hairy Rock Cress

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Rape, Coleseed, Garlic Mustard, Common Hedge Mustard, Charlock, Wild Mustard

Vol I, Plate 13
Rape, Coleseed, Garlic Mustard, Common Hedge Mustard, Charlock, Wild Mustard

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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See paper nick extreme right edge of paper, about in the middle

$74.95
 
Dyer's Woad, Naked Stalked Teesdale, Sweet Alyssum, Wall Rocket, Water Allwort

Vol I, Plate 14
Dyer's Woad, Naked Stalked Teesdale, Sweet Alyssum, Wall Rocket, Water Allwort

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Hairy Pepperwort, Field Penny Cress, Mithridate Mustard, Lesser Wart-Cress, Swine Cress, Common Vernal, Whitlow-Grass, Common Shepherd's Purse, Bursa

Vol I, Plate 15
Hairy Pepperwort, Field Penny Cress, Mithridate Mustard, Lesser Wart-Cress, Swine Cress, Common Vernal, Whitlow-Grass, Common Shepherd's Purse, Bursa

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Mignonette Family

Vol I, Plate 16
Mignonette Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Rock Rose Family

Vol I, Plate 17
Rock Rose Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Marsh Violet, Wood Violet, Hairy Violet, Sweet Violet, Sea Pansy, Dog Violet, Field Pansy

Vol I, Plate 18
Marsh Violet, Wood Violet, Hairy Violet, Sweet Violet, Sea Pansy, Dog Violet, Field Pansy

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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A few unobtrusive dents in left margin

$74.95
 
Milkwort Family

Vol I, Plate 19
Milkwort Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Sea Heath Family

Vol I, Plate 20
Sea Heath Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
The Pink Family

Vol I, Plate 21
The Pink Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Spotted Catchfly, Striated Corn Catchfly, Common Soapwort, Corn Cockle, Silene Conica

Vol I, Plate 22
Spotted Catchfly, Striated Corn Catchfly, Common Soapwort, Corn Cockle, Silene Conica

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Spotted Catchfly, Bladder Campion, Ragged Robin, Evening Campion, Red Campion, Moss Campion

Vol I, Plate 23
Bladder Campion, Ragged Robin, Evening Campion, Red Campion, Moss Campion

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Satin Flower, Common Chickweed, Stitchwort, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed, Lesser Stitchwort Wayside Mouse Ear Chickweed

Vol I, Plate 24
Satin Flower, Common Chickweed, Stitchwort, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed, Lesser Stitchwort, Wayside Mouse Ear Chickweed

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Satin Flower, Common Chickweed, Stitchwort, Field Mouse Ear Chickweed, Lesser Stitchwort Wayside Mouse Ear Chickweed

Vol I, Plate 25
Corn Spurrey, Field Sandwort Spurrey, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Annual Pearlwort, Vernal Sandwort, Knotted Spurrey

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
The Purselane Family

Vol I, Plate 26
The Purselane Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
27 St Johns Wort Family

Vol I, Plate 27
St. John's Wort Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
The Mallow Family

Vol I, Plate 28
The Mallow Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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The Flax Family

Vol I, Plate 29
The Flax Family

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 8 inches (about 15.3 x 20.4 cm)
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$74.95
 
Meadow Crane's Bill, Touch-me-not Yellow Balsam, Bloody Crane's Bill, Shining Crane's Bill, Herb Robert, Wood Sorrel, Hemlock Stork's Bill

Vol I, Plate 30
Meadow Crane's Bill, Touch-me-not Yellow Balsam, Bloody Crane's Bill, Shining Crane's Bill, Herb Robert, Wood Sorrel, Hemlock Stork's Bill

ORIGINAL 110-YEAR-OLD PRINT

SHEET SIZE: APPROX. 8 1/2 X 11 inches (about 21.5 x 28 cm)
IMAGE AREA: APPROX. 6 X 9 inches (about 15.3 x 22.8 cm)
Please click on above image for enlargement

$74.95