Botanical engraving from 1889 - Passion flower - old plate

✨ Authentic engraving from 1889 (136 years ago!). This is not a modern reproduction, but a genuine antique engraving. ✨ Subject: Passion Flower. 🌿 Size: 18 X 27 cm. 🌿 Edition: 1889. 🌿 Slightly carded paper in elegant, vintage cream white. 🌿 Condition: Very good, with slight signs of age. See also the photos. This engraving belongs to a collection of botanical plates from the 19th century, published in *Les Plantes médicinales indigènes et exotiques* in 1889, a reference work on the therapeutic virtues of plants. It finely illustrates the artistic and scientific craftsmanship of the time, blending naturalistic precision with decorative elegance. Authentic and original, this plate reflects the richness of botanical and medicinal knowledge of its era. A true time capsule, it combines beauty and education, making each copy a precious fragment of natural history. A magnificent botanical illustration representing the passion flower with its characteristic white petals and a crown of blue and red filaments. The plate features two fully bloomed flowers accompanied by their distinctive palmate foliage and typical climbing stems of this exotic plant. 🌸 Secure shipping: Rigid protection to ensure condition upon arrival. 🌸 Bulk purchase: Discounts available for the purchase of multiple plates. Contact me to optimise shipping costs. 🌸 More choices in my shop - Browse my other lithographs and prints for more botany and zoology. Reference: 103-1-28. Texts inscribed on the engraving: PL 28 - PASSION FLOWER Passiflora coerulea. ---- Decoration, vintage, climbing flower, exotic, tropical. This plate presents a scientific naturalistic style typical of 19th-century botanical illustrations, in the tradition of great botanical encyclopaedias. The technique of hand-coloured lithography offers delicate hues.