Original Hand‑Colored Copperplate Engraving — Centaurea montana (Mountain Bluet), Plate 2550 — Curtis’s Botanical Magazine

An authentic hand‑colored copperplate engraving from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, Plate 2550, depicting Centaurea montana (Mountain Bluet). The blue‑violet flower head and finely cut foliage are rendered with meticulous botanical precision and finished with period hand‑applied watercolor on wove paper. A classic example of Victorian scientific illustration. Excellent circulated condition

Dimension: W10.5" x H13.5"

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