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Antique Hand-Coloured Botany Print of Various Plants, 1742
40 cm · 15.7 in
25 cm · 9.8 in

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Antique Hand-Coloured Botany Print of Various Plants, 1742

No. f_29639542174225 × 40 cm

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Antique Hand-Coloured Botany Print of Various Plants, 1742

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$325 · £245

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Date
1742
Sheet size
15.7 × 9.8 in (40 × 25 cm)
Condition
Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.
Collection
Flowers
Era
Before 1750, Herbals and florilegia
Stock no.
f_29639542

Antique botany print titled 'Kali Aizoides canariense procumbens (..)'. Copper engraving of various plants. This print originates from 'Phytanthoza Iconographia' by J.W. Weinmann.

Artists and Engravers: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, apothecary and botanist, is noted for his creation of the florilegium 'Phytanthoza iconographia' between 1737 and 1745, an ambitious project which resulted in eight folio volumes with more than 1,000 hand-coloured engravings of several thousand plants.

Condition: Good, general age-related toning. Minor wear, blank verso. Please study image carefully.

Date: 1742

Overall size: 25 x 40 cm.

Image size: 21 x 32 cm.

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