Curtis Botanical – Plate 8481 – Haynald's Agave

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8481.

Plant: Agave Haynaldii (Haynald's Agave). Native to: Mexico (Sierra Madre).

Named for Lajos Haynald, a Hungarian Cardinal and serious amateur botanist — one of botany's more unlikely patrons. Like all agaves, it blooms once in its lifetime, sending up a towering flower spike before dying. Symbolizes endurance and patient reward.

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.