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Description Reproduction of an image that appeared in The Botanical Magazine vol. 1. no. 1 (1792). It depicts Iris persica by James Sowerby.
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Source The above source is reproduce at NAL, a US government site that has many images avail. This was selected over many alternatives. The site says it was pblsh in 1791, reissued in 1796
Author James Sowerby
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