Curtis Botanical – Plate 7137 – Narrow-leaved Caraguata

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7137.

Plant: Caraguata Angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Caraguata). Native to: South America (cloud forest).

The genus name comes from an indigenous Guaraní word — one of the few native South American names to enter formal botanical Latin. Indigenous knowledge of these plants predated European botany by centuries, and this name is one of the quiet traces left behind.

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.