Curtis Botanical – Plate 8479 – Black Broom

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8479.

Plant: Cytisus Nigricans (Black Broom). Native to: Central & Eastern Europe.

The bright yellow flowers turn black when dried — pressed specimens look entirely unlike the living plant. The House of Plantagenet, the English royal dynasty, took its name from this plant family. A shrub with considerably more history than its appearance suggests.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.