Curtis Botanical – Plate 7136 – Yellow Flax

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 7136.

Plant: Reinwardtia Tetragyna (Yellow Flax). Native to: Himalaya / Southwest China.

One of the few plants that produces vivid yellow flowers in winter, when almost nothing else is in bloom. Named for a Dutch botanist who explored Java. Related to true flax — the plant behind linen and linseed.

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.