Coffee and Other Tropical Botanicals

Antique Prints of Coffee, Tea and Tropical Food Plants.

View this selection of historical botanical prints of various
tropical and exotic plants.

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Decorative Botanicals by N. Regnault

Botanical Prints by Pierre Jean Françoise Turpin

Oredering and Payment

Jatropa Manihot ob. Manihot utilissima Pohl.

Wood engraving from "Oribis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.

9.7 x 7.5 cm ( 3.8 x 3.8 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5331

Chrysobalanus Icaco

Wood engraving from "Oribis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.

6.2 x 5 cm ( 2.4 x 2 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5332

Cultivation of Arrow-Root At D'Urban, Port Natal.

Wood engraving from "The Illustrated London News", dated 1858. Backside is printed.
Repaired tear on right side. Light creasing in margins.

40.5 x 27.5 cm ( 15.9 x 10.8 ")

$ 50.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5339.

Phoenicophorum Sechellarum
Seychelles Islands.

Wood engraving ca 1875. Horizontal centerfold. Small repaired tear on right margin edge.

Plant: 14.5 x 13.8 cm ( 5.7 x 5.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5358

Cocos Nucifera
Tropics

Wood engraving ca 1875. Horizontal centerfold. Small repaired tear on right margin edge.

Plant: 17.8 x 12.7 cm ( 7 x 5 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5357

Xanthorrhaea Australis
Australia

Wood engraving ca 1875.

15.2 x 9.9 cm ( 6 x 4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5356

Nepenthes Rafflesiana

Borneo, etc.

Wood engraving ca 1875.

15.2 x 8.9 cm ( 6 x 3.5 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5355

Mexican Garden

Wood engraving from "The Picturesque World", ca 1870. On backside is print and another image of a Mexican garden.

23.7 x 15.7 cm ( 9.3 x 6.1 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5325

Zweig von Theestrauch
(1/2 natürlicher Grösse)

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus"
by Otto Spamer 1874.
Backside is printed.

10 x 5 cm ( 3.9 x 1.9 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5333

Theeernte (Tea Harvest) - Japan

Wood engraving ca 1880. Backside is printed. Narrow upper and lower margins.

11.7 x 17.7 cm ( 4.6 x 6.9 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5334

Thee plantage in Japan

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.
Backside is printed.

8.2 x 12.2 cm ( 3.2 x 4.8 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5335

Zweig und Blüte vom Paraguay
Theestrauch (Ilex paraguayensis)

Surrounded by text (in German) about tea.
Backside is printed.

6.5 x 4.5 cm ( 2.5 x 1.7 ")

$40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5336

Left side. Upper image: "Cultivation of the Tea-Plant"
Lower image: Gathering the Leaves of the Tea Plant"

Right side: Upper image: "Drying and rolling the Green Tea"
Lower image: "Final Process of Mixing Tea"

Wood engravings, 1844. Backsides are printed with text and plant images..
On backside of left page is an image of "The Pitcher-plant". On the right page backside is an image of the "Tea Plant".

Size of each image: ca 6.7 x 11.3 cm ( 2.6 x 4.4 ")
Page size: 22 x 13.5 cm ( 8.6 x 5.3 ")
Both prages a a few light smudges, otherwise Good condition.

Price for the two pages: $90.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5344

Bluetenzweig der Kautschukpflanze (Siphonica elastica)

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.
Backside is printed.

6.2 x 7.2 cm ( 2.4 x 2.8 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5337

Cinchona

The Officinalis, or true Jesuits Bark.

Copper etching by Pass , dated 1801.
Print has overall age toning and some light spotting.

26.2 x 20.3 cm ( 10.3 x 8 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5254

Copper etching by Joseph a Montalegre for Johann Christoph Volckamer's “Nuernbergische Hesperiden", Nuremberg 1708 - 1714. Very rare double-size print. Fine recent hand coloring.

Plate II. The fruit and part of the plant rising giantly from a harbor with a lifely ship- and boat staffage. A fortress and a town at the foot of a mountain. A tarantula??? feasting on a bird in upper left corner.

The print was conceived as a folding print, its large folio size having to fit the book size. The folds are visible, but hardly disturbing as the powerful image draws all attention of the beholder.

Condition is basically very good. Some minor spotting is hardly worth mentioning. On left side a well repaired tear.

41 x 33.8 cm (16.1 x 13.3").

$ 2950.00

Order Nr. HESPERIDES 55218

No title. Pineapple.

Copper etching by Johann Adam Delsenbach (1687 - 1765) for Johann Christoph Volckamer's “Nuernbergische Hesperiden", Nuernberg 1708 - 1714. Very rare double-size print. Fine recent hand coloring.

Plate I. The fruit and part of the plant rising giantly from a subtropical landscape staffage with natives using bow and arrow, a hilltop house and a boat on a river. A hummingbird and very decorative bugs complete the picture.

The print was conceived as a folding print, its large folio size having to fit the book size. The folds are visible, but hardly disturbing as the powerful image draws all attention of the beholder.

Some foxing in lower margin. An insignificant spot near one of the bugs. On left side a well restored tear.

45.8 x 31.8 cm (18 x 12.5")

$ 2950.00

Order Nr. HESPERIDES 55217

No title. Pineapple.

Copper etching by Joseph a Montalegre for Johann Christoph Volckamer's “Nuernbergische Hesperiden", Nuremberg 1708 - 1714. Very rare double-size print. Fine recent hand coloring.

Plate IV. Cut open pineapple fruit rising giantly from the sea with a very rich maritime staffage. Background: a village.

The print was conceived as a folding print, its large folio size having to fit the book size. The folds are visible, but hardly disturbing as the powerful image draws all attention of the beholder.

Condition is basically very good. Some minor spotting is hardly worth mentioning.

37.5 x 33.5 cm (14.8 x 13.2").

$ 3000.00

Order Nr. HESPERIDES 55220

Tillandsia Lindenii
Peru

Wood engraving ca 1875.

Plant: 15.1 x 11.3 cm ( 5.9 x 4.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5354

Agave Filifera
Mexico

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Horizontal book fold in upper area.

Plant: 19.7 x 5.6 cm (7.7 x 2.2 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5353

Agave Horrida Laevior
Mexico

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Plant: 10.1 x 15.1 cm ( 4 x 5.9 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5349

Agave Horrida
Mexico

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Plant: 1o.2 x 14.1 cm ( 4 x 5.5 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5348

The Vanilla Plant

Wood engraving ca 1870.
Backside is printed. Light creasing.

18 x 7 cm ( 7 x 2.7 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. BOTANICAL6373

Früchte

Lithograph by Esslingen-Schreiber, ca 1870. Original hand coloring.
Scattered spotting and smuddging in lower area. Narrow left margin.

27 x 18 cm ( 10.6 x 7 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5268

Mahagony Tree and Brazil Wood

Lithograph in original color, ca 1860. Lower part of print is missing.
Original names are on back of print.

18.5 x 22.5 cm ( 7.3 x 8.8 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5269

Cineraria palustris. a. Bluete, b.Wurzelstock, c. Same
Plant from South America used in certain drugs.

Wood engraving from "Oribis Pictus" by Otto Spamer, 1874.

11 x 8 cm ( 4.3 x 3.1 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5330

Cafier d'Arabie

Aquatint by Hocquart ca 1830. Original hand coloring.

Page size: 36.5 x 23.5 cm ( 14.3 x 9.2 ")

$ 380.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5345 SOLD

Coffee on the Terrace

Photogravure after E. Duez by D. Appleton & Co. New York, ca 1900.
Print is on strong paper with wide margins.

19.8 x 24.8 cm ( 7.8 x 9.7 ")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5340

Achtjähriger Kaffeebaum (Brasilien) mit reifen Früchten
(Coffee)

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by Spamer, 1874.
On the backside is text and an image of a branch of coffee with berries. (See Nr. TROP5251)

11.3 x 9.4 cm ( 4.4 x 3.7 ")

$40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5274

Groupe de palmiers

Wood engraving by A. de Bar after a photo. From "Magasin Pittoresque", dated 1869 on page.
Text on backside. Overall age toning.

21.5 x 14.8 cm ( 8.4 x 5.8 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5271

Die Oelpalme

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus"
by Spamer, 1874. Text on backside.

11.8 x 8.5 cm ( 4.6 x 3.3 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5275

Brasilianische Nuß (Berrholetia excelsa).

Wood engraving from "Die Illustrierte Welt", ca 1870.
Above and below the print is text (in German) about the Brazil nut.
Text on backside not concerning Brazil nuts.

Page size: 27.7 x 18 cm ( 10.9 x 7 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5289

Melonenbäume

Wood engraving ca 1880.
Backside is printed.

19 x 10.7 cm ( 7.5 x 4.2 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5291

Cycas Circinalis
East Indies

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Horizontal book centerfold.

Plant: 14.6 x 16.2 cm ( 5.7 x 6.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5352

Cocos Weddeliana
South America

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Horizontal book centerfold. small repaired tear on left margin edge.

Plant: 14.6 x 16.2 cm ( 5.7 x 6.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5351

Beaucarnea Reccurvata
Mexico

Wood engraving ca 1875.
Horizontal book centerfold.

Plant: 18.6 x 12.9 cm ( 7.3 x 5.1 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5350

Upper Left: Bromelia, Pineapple Upper right: Bryona, White Bryony
Lower left: Buphthalum, Ox Eye Lower right: Bupleurum, Shrubby Hare's Ear

Copper engraving by I. Caerlen in original hand coloring. Dated 1816.

Page size: 26.6 x 20.6 cm ( 10.4 x 8.1 ")
Height of pineapple: 11.2 cm ( (4.4.")

$ 75.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5265

A New Method of Cultivating Ananas, and other Exotics.

Copper etching printed for J. Hinton in London, ca 1800.
Horizontal centerfold. Light browning on margin edges.

18.2 x 16.5 cm ( 7.1 x 6.5 ")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5338

Die Ananas

Wood engraving from "Orbis Pictus" by Spamer, 1874. Text on backside.

10 x 10 cm (3.9 x 3.9 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5266

Ananas folio vix Serrato. Boerh. Ind. alt.

Copper etching inoriginal hand coloring. Ca 1780.
Print has some scattered creases, especially near the center wher a hardly visible
horizontal fold has been reinforced. Several spots have been retouched with lighter
color to make themalmost invisible.

Height of plant: 39 cm (15.3 ") Page size: 43 x 30.5 cm ( 16.9 x 12 ")

$ 770.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5287

No Title

Copper engraving by J. Watts after Mrs. Withers. Published in London by Ridgway.
Dated 1827. Original hand coloring.

Print has vertical folds to fit book size. Two have been reinforced. Some hardly visible spots.

Plate size: 20.2 x 25 cm ( 7.9 x 9.8 ")

$ 320.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5288

Der wilde Ananas

Lithograph, ca 1850. Print has light age browning.

19 x 15 cm ( 7.4 x 5.9 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5264

A Banana Plantation

Wood engraving from "Harper´s", ca 1880. Text on backside.

11.5 x 9.3 cm ( 4.5 x 3.6 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5255

Banana and Night-Blooming Cereus

Wood engraving from "Harper's", ca 1880. Text on backside.

8.7 x 11.5 cm ( 3.9 x 4.5 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5257

Mädchen im Bananenfeld

Photogravure, ca 1890. Text on backside.

22.6 x 17.8 cm ( 8.6 x 7 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5286

Blühende Agave

Wood engraving from "Orbis
Pictus" from Otto Spamer , 1874.

Backside is printed.
Overall age toning.
Narrow margins.

12 x 5.2 cm ( 4.7 x 2 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5315

Aloe Americana

Original ink and watercolor ca 1670. The hand-written text (in German) describes an aloe plant that was
brought to Stuttgart in 1583. The description includes number of flowers and growth of plant.

Being very old, this page has its faults which can be partially seen on this scan. The gray around the edges is background.The left edge is quite frayed and has been reinforced. Right edge has been repaired and reinforced. There is a repaired tear on the right edge reaching into the print ca 11cm. Lower edge is also repaired. Page has scattered spotting,
especially on the right side. Some light creasing.

39 x 25.2 cm ( 15.3 x 9.9 ")

$ 470.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5327

Markt an der Roldanbrücke in Mexico

Wood engraving by Maurand, 1865. modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed. A few tiny spots in margins.

15.7 x 23.5 cm ( 6.1 x 9.2 ")

$ 70.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5242

The Sugar Industry of Louisiana

Wood engraving drawn by J.O. Davidson for "Harper's Weekly". Dated 1883.
Backside is printed. Margin edges are frayed.

Page size: 23.3 x 35.3 cm ( 9.1 x 13.8 ")

$ 90.00

Order Nr. TROPICAL5329