Botanical Illustration and Prints 

Botanical illustration is one of the major 'minor arts'. It attracts highly skilled artists and knowledgeable collectors. Botanical prints are valued as gifts. University courses are available and there is a lively market in botanical prints.

Famous publications with botanical illustrations include the Vienna Dioscurides, the Flora Graeca, The Banksias and Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799)  was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to  the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.