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A plate from the first book published on the flora of Australia, 1793.


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These include 'A specimen of the botany of New Holland', the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795.

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