Abies Collection

Abies Douglassii
This is the DOUGLASS FIR, or RED FIR, a species of spruce found notably in northern California. Date: 1857

Larch Fir
Plate 14 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Pinus sylvestris, scotch fir
Plate 15 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771

Madam gorgon, Acicarpha tribuloides. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

European silver fir, Abies alba. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Norway spruce, Picea abies (Picea excelsa). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany

Algerian fir, Abies numidica. Critically endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Cilician fir or Taurus fir cone, Abies cilicica. Lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe

Balsam fir, Abies balsamea
Balsam fir or balm of Gilead fir, Abies balsamea (Pinus balsamea). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Spruce fir or Norway spruce, Picea abies (Pinus picea). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants

Silver fir, Abies alba (Pinus picea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Curtis British Entomology Plate 4
Hymenoptera: Peltastes pini = Metopius dentatus [Plant: Picea abies (Pinus abies, Spruce)] Date: 1824-39

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father

Abies Menziesii
Also known as the BLUE DOUGLASS FIR, a species of spruce found notably in northern California. Date: 1857

Tsuga Mortensiana
Though captioned ABIES WILLIAMSONII, this tree is identified by an internet contributor as Tsuga mortensiana, a species of spruce found in N California. Date: 1857

Conuropsis caroliniensis, Carolina parakeet
Plate 11, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Spruce or Norway Fir
Plate 16 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771

Contopus cooperi, olive-sided flycatcher
Plate 174 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

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