Antique botanical prints, 1601 to 1920s

Pressed in ink, coloured by hand, printed in their own century.

Original botanical prints from the herbals, florilegia and fruit books of four centuries: flowers and orchids, fruit, herbs and spices, ferns, palms and mushrooms. Many as matched sets. No reproductions.

See all 1,074 prints Shop matched sets

Large Orchid Illustrations of the Dutch East Indies: A Botanical Heritage, 1854

Antique Royal Poinciana Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

Antique Botanical Print of Carnations by Jean-Louis Prévost, 1805

Antique Durian Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

Antique Red Heliconia Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

Original prints onlyEngravings, lithographs and chromolithographs, many coloured by hand, printed in their own day.

Matched sets157 sets of two to ten sheets from one book, ready to hang together.

Shipped worldwidePacked flat and insured, from Bartele Gallery in the Netherlands.

The herbarium cabinet

Seven drawers, seven collections. Pull out any drawer to see what is pressed inside.

Drawer IFlowers552 prints Drawer IIOrchids61 prints Drawer IIIFruit & vegetables131 prints Drawer IVHerbs, spices & useful plants154 prints Drawer VTrees, palms & ferns114 prints Drawer VIMushrooms & fungi29 prints Drawer VIIGardens33 prints Matched setsSold as sets157 sets

Sold as sets

Botanical prints are made to hang in groups. These sets come from one book, in one size and one hand.

Set of 2

Set of Two Antique Prints, Citrus Decumana, Xanthochymus Dulcis, circa 1870

$1,690

1870 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 3

Set of 3 Antique Prints of Mythological Scenes on Lemon Varieties by Ferrari

$1,350

Date not stated · 24 × 35 cm

Set of 2

Set of Two Saint-Cloud Garden Fountain Engravings by Baltard, Paris, 1803

$1,115

1803 · 46.7 × 62.8 cm

Set of 10

Alpine Gentiana Botanical Wall Collection, Set of 10, Antique Chromolithos, 1897

$1,115

1897 · 12.5 × 18.5 cm

Set of 3

Set of Three Antique Prints of Various Green / White Grape Varieties, 1821

$960

1821 · 20 × 30 cm

Set of 2

Set of 2 Botany Prints of the European Fan Palm and Copernicia Prunifera, c.1740

$960

1740 · 24.5 × 40 cm

Set of 10

Set of 10 Original Antique Fern Lithographs by Edward J. Lowe, 1856

$945

1856 · 15.5 × 25 cm

Set of 5

Set of 5 Antique Botany Prints, Aristolochia Species

$935

Date not stated · 21.3 × 34.8 cm

All 157 sets

By century

The date is the year the sheet was printed.

Before 1750Herbals and florilegia73 prints 1750 to 1799The age of Linnaeus61 prints 1800 to 1849The golden age of botanical art270 prints 1850 and afterChromolithographs and plant hunters556 prints

From every drawer

1,074 prints in stock, printed 1598 to 1930.

Basilius Besler Spurge, Glasswort & Pennywort Botanical Engraving, 1613

$3,830

1613 · 42.8 × 51.2 cm

Large Orchid Illustrations of the Dutch East Indies: A Botanical Heritage, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Antique Botany Print of a White Cacao Tree by Van Nooten, circa 1875

$1,690

1875 · 41.5 × 55 cm

Cinchona Bark Varieties: A Rare Hand-Colored Illustrated Botanical Atlas (1826)

$3,270

1826 · 31.5 × 51 cm

Antique Salak Palm Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,455

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 6

Set of 6 Antique Mycology Prints of the Common Stinkhorn & Other Mushrooms, 1875

$745

1875 · 23 × 34 cm

Set of 2

Set of Two Saint-Cloud Garden Fountain Engravings by Baltard, Paris, 1803

$1,115

1803 · 46.7 × 62.8 cm

Antique Botanical Print of Carnations by Jean-Louis Prévost, 1805

$3,325

1805 · 47.5 × 60.4 cm

Orchid Elegance: Huge Exquisite Chromolithograph of the Dutch Colonial Era, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Theobroma Cacao, Cocoa Tree Botanical Lithograph c.1863

$1,690

1863 · 41.5 × 55 cm

De Bry Botanical Engravings, Cinnamon, Aloe & Aromatic Plants, c.1598

$1,850

1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm

Antique Cycad Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831, Hand Colored

$1,260

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Set of 8

Set of 8 Antique Mycology Prints of Various Fungi by Barla, circa 1890

$730

1890 · 26 × 34 cm

Views of the Gardens and Vestibule of Saint-Cloud Palace by Baltard, 1803

$705

1803 · 46.7 × 62.6 cm

Large Masterpiece of Botanical Illustration from the Dutch East Indies, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 69.7 cm

Orchid Splendor: Big Chromolithographic Legacy from the Dutch East Indies, 1854

$1,580

1854 · 54 × 72 cm

Set of 2

Set of Two Antique Prints, Citrus Decumana, Xanthochymus Dulcis, circa 1870

$1,690

1870 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Vanilla Botanical Print, Vanilla Planifolia, Hand Colored, c.1831

$1,340

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Botanical Print of Coconut Palm, Copper Engraving, c.1831

$1,240

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Illustrated Fungi from 'Dictionnaire Classique des Sciences Naturelles, 1845

$620

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm

Set of 2

Pair of 18th-Century Garden Engravings, Hellbrunn & Trianon, Baroque Views

$665

Date not stated · 33 × 24.3 cm

Antique Royal Poinciana Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,455

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Victorian Botanical Print, White Phalaenopsis Casta Orchid, Published ca.1888

$655

1888 · 52.5 × 35 cm

Rare Botanical Date Palm Engraving by J.C. Volkamer, Nazareth, 1713

$1,635

1713 · 21.9 × 36 cm

Antique Coffee Botanical Print, Coffea Arabica, Hand Colored, c.1831

$1,340

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Antique Sago Palm Botanical Print, Copper Engraving, c.1831

$1,150

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Set of 6

Set of 6 Antique Mycology Prints of Various Fungi by Barla, circa 1890

$505

1890 · 25.5 × 34 cm

Antique Print of a Garden in Guangzhou in China, circa 1850

$620

1850 · 48.5 × 31 cm

Antique Red Heliconia Botanical Chromolithograph by Hoola van Nooten, c. 1880

$1,340

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Botanical Print, Lavender-White Orchid Saccolabium coeleste, ca.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

De Bry Indian Botanical Engravings, Coconut, Bamboo & Cashew Trees, c.1598

$1,625

1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm

Antique Indigo & Madder Botanical Print, Indigofera & Rubia Tinctorum, c.1831

$1,240

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Namnam Tree, c. 1880

$1,010

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Set of 5

Set of 5 Antique Mycology Prints of Various Fungi, 1875

$495

1875 · 23 × 34 cm

Antique Print of Ranelagh Gardens, London, During a Ball / Bal Masque, 1770

$610

1770 · 46.7 × 31 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of Queen's Crape Myrtle, c. 1880

$1,275

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Antique Botanical Print, Exotic Orchid Odontoglossum Wattianum, c.1888

$655

1888 · 35 × 52.5 cm

De Bry Botanical Engravings, Pineapple, Mango & Pepper Plants, c.1598

$1,625

1598 · 20 × 30.5 cm

Antique Vanilla Botanical Print, Vanilla Aromatica, Hand Colored, c.1831

$1,230

1831 · 22.7 × 27.1 cm

Original Antique Botanical Chromolithograph of White Birdcatcher Tree, c. 1880

$1,005

1880 · 40 × 55.5 cm

Fly Agaric & Chanterelle Mushrooms, Antique Botanical Lithograph Set, 1885

$385

1885 · 42 × 32 cm

Set of 2

Pair of 17th-Century Garden Engravings, Mirabell Pavilion & Cascade, ca. 1670

$610

1670 · 33 × 24.3 cm

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Antique botanical prints

Original Botanical Prints is a collection of antique botanical prints from the 1600s to the early 1900s: flowers, orchids, fruit and vegetables, herbs and spices, trees, palms and ferns, mushrooms and gardens, from Weinmann, Curtis, Sowerby, Van Houtte, Hoola van Nooten and the great fruit books.

Every piece is an original sheet printed in its own day, never a reproduction, and many are offered as matched sets ready to hang together. All are sold by Bartele Gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, a dealer in antique maps and prints, and ship worldwide, flat, insured and tracked, with a 14-day return policy.

Explore

By maker, by plant and by place.

Makers and books

Van Houtte's Flore des Serres 39 Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24 Hoola van Nooten's fruits and flowers of Java 26 Bertuch's Bilderbuch 40 Sowerby's English Botany 18 Plenck's medicinal plants 10 Edward Step's Favourite Flowers 48 Maund's Botanic Garden 11 E.J. Lowe's ferns 6 Fries's Swedish mushrooms 9 De Bry's India Orientalis 11 Müller's orchids of Germany (1904) 18 Alpine flora 54

Subjects

Roses 13 Lilies and bulbs 40 Rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas 15 Begonias and foliage plants 32 Cacti, aloes and succulents 29 Carnivorous plants 6 Wildflowers 45 Water plants and water lilies 26 Grapes and vines 17 Apples, pears and plums 28 Citrus and the Hesperides 7 Tropical fruit 47 Spices 29 Medicinal plants 45 Coffee, tea, tobacco and cotton 23 Palms 16 Ferns and mosses 62 Grasses and grain 38

Places

Java and the East Indies 27 The Cape and Africa 12 Australia and New Zealand 7 The Americas 14 Japan and China 14

Good to know

Are these botanical prints originals?

Yes. Every print was made in its own day, by engraving, etching, lithography or chromolithography, for a herbal, a florilegium, a botanical magazine or a fruit book, and is sold as the original sheet. Nothing on this site is a reproduction or a modern print.

Do you sell botanical prints in sets?

Yes. Many plates are offered as matched sets of two to ten sheets from the same book, the same size and the same hand. A set is priced and sold as one piece, ready to hang together. See the sets page for all of them.

How do you date a botanical print?

By the book or series it comes from. The date shown is the year the sheet was printed: a plate of Curtis's Botanical Magazine carries its own publication date, a Weinmann plate was printed between 1737 and 1745, a Van Houtte plate in the 1840s to 1880s.

Where do the prints ship from?

From Bartele Gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between rigid boards, insured and tracked, to any country.

Can I return a print?

Yes. You may return any piece within 14 days of delivery for a full refund of the price, provided it comes back in the condition in which it was sent.

Which currency am I charged in?

Prices are set in euros. Dollar and pound prices are converted at a recent exchange rate and rounded to the nearest 5. The amount charged is confirmed before payment.