...#Ceylon #Flora #HandColoured #Lithograph #BotanicalArt #DominicWinter #RareBooks #Peradeniya #Kandy #AntiqueCollecting #Horticulture #Botany #JournalOfBotany #RoyalSociety #NewYorkLibrary A rare hand-coloured botanical work featuring Ceylon’s flowering plants sold for £7,500 at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on November 4, far exceeding its £400–600 estimate. The 100 lithographic plates were compiled by Henry Trimen, who served as director of Ceylon’s botanic garden at Peradeniya and previously worked at the British Museum, where he edited the Journal of Botany from 1871 until his death.