Public domain · 18th–19th century

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Public domain natural history illustrations

Hand-coloured engravings and lithographs, scanned at high resolution and restored plate by plate — free to view, download and reuse.

10,128Plates
84Collections
67Artists
1802–1887Years

Editor’s selection

Five essential herbals

The works that define the collection — Redouté’s roses and lilies, Twining’s natural orders, the rose plates of 1817, and the favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse. Start here.

01 Les Roses 玫瑰图谱 Pierre-Joseph Redouté · 169 plates · Paris, Didot jeune, 1817–1824

02 The Liliaceae 百合科植物图谱 Pierre-Joseph Redouté · 475 plates

03 A collection of roses from nature 自然玫瑰图谱 Mary Lawrence · 50 plates

04 Natural Orders of plants 植物自然目 Elizabeth Twining · 160 plates

05 Favourite flowers of garden and greenhouse 花园与温室名花 Edward Step · 157 plates

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Plates from the collection

Lilium Pomponium Lis Pompon

Ixia Filiformis Ixia Filiforme

Gladiolus Carneus Glayeul Coleur de Chair

Dracœna Terminalis Dragonnier Terminale

Rosa Eglanteria var Punicea

Gladiolus Tristis Glayeul Triste

Gladiolus Cuspidatus Glayeul en Pointe

Hæmanthus Coccineus

Rosa Berberifolia

Rosa Sulfurea Le Rosier Jaune de soufre

Rosa Eglanteria

Hemerocallis Flava Hemerocalle Jaune

Rosa Centifolia Le Rosier a Cent Feuilles

Rosa Rubrifolia Rosier a Feuilles Rougeatres

Rosa Moschata

Rosa Bracteata

Rosa Gallica Le Rosier de Provins Ordinaire

Rosa Gallica var Cœrulea Le Rosier de Provins

Rosa Gallica Auelianensis

Le Jalap ou la Belle de Nuit (1787) Le Jalap ou la Belle de Nuit (1787)

Clematis Jackmani Clematis Jackmani

Mr. Lear’s Gaybine

Columbia jay Columbia jay

Lesser tern Lesser tern

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169 plates

Les Roses

玫瑰图谱

Author(s): Pierre-Joseph Redouté （皮埃尔-约瑟夫·雷杜德）

169 plates

Les Roses is Pierre-Joseph Redouté's masterpiece of botanical illustration, published in three volumes between 1817 and 1824 with text by Claude Antoine Thory.

475 plates

The Liliaceae

百合科植物图谱

Author(s): Pierre-Joseph Redouté （皮埃尔-约瑟夫·雷杜德）

475 plates

Les Liliacées (1802-1816) is Redouté's monumental eight-volume survey of the lily family and related ornamentals - lilies, irises, orchids, amaryllis and more - 468 plates produced under the…

160 plates

Natural Orders of plants

植物自然目

Author(s): Elizabeth Twining （伊丽莎白·特温宁）

160 plates

Elizabeth Twining's celebrated two-volume catalog from 1868, Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants, reproduced in its entirety: 160 illustrations depicting the natural orders of plants, with…