Curtis Botanical – Plate 6629 – Golden Figwort

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6629.

A Turkish figwort with unusually showy golden-yellow flowers — most figworts are dull brownish-purple, making this golden species genuinely exceptional. The figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) is medicinally rich — foxglove (digitalis, the heart drug) is a close relative, as is mullein (used as an ear-oil herb) and eyebright (a traditional eye remedy).

Turkish and Eastern Mediterranean heritage connection.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

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.