There once was a day when a subscription to a magazine meant receiving heavy volumes with block printed text on hand pressed paper with hand coloured illustrations.Curtis’s Botanical Magazine is one of the worlds beautiful series of botanical study and art. Just a selection of these volumes will set you back a mere $15592 US. First published in 1787 it continued in print for the next 220 years; some 10,000 botanical illustrations in over 200 volumes.
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