Curtis Botanical – Plate 8859 – Broad-leaved Sabia

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8859.

Plant: Sabia Latifolia (Broad-leaved Sabia). Native to: Himalaya / Southeast Asia.

A broad-leaved Asian climbing vine from the small family Sabiaceae — obscure even in its native range. Collected because it existed and hadn't been formally recorded. Sometimes the most interesting thing about a plant is that someone thought it was worth documenting at all.

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.