Curtis Botanical – Plate 6330 – Lobed Slipper Flower / Lobed Calceolaria

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6330.

A Peruvian and Chilean calceolaria with the characteristic pouched, slipper-shaped flower (calceolaria = little shoe) in yellow, spotted with red — like a tiny inflated slipper or purse. Calceolarias were a Victorian greenhouse obsession, bred into spectacular spotted and marbled forms.

South American (Andean) 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.