Orchid tree or camel's foot, Bauhinia purpurea

Orchid tree or camel's foot, Bauhinia purpurea. As crimson mountain ebony, cremisi montano. Myanmar and Indian subcontinent. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Cesare Majoli from Giovanni Hill's Decade di alberi curiosi ed eleganti piante, Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants, Nella Stamperia Salomoni, Rome, 1786. It had first been published by John Hill in London in 1773

1786 18th Century Botanical Illustration Cesare Majoli Exotic Plant Giovanni Hill John Hill Myanmar Natural History Nella Stamperia Salomoni Plant Hunter Useful Plant

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