Ranunculus pratensis erectus dulcis ( Sweet Upright Meadow Buttercup), Ranunculus pratensis erectus acris Napello simillimus (Sharp Upright Meadow Buttercup, resembling Monkshood), Ranunculus pratensis erectus foliis pallidioribus hirsutis (Upright Meadow Buttercup with paler, hairy leaves), Renunculus sylvestris Fragariae foliis (Woodland Buttercup with leaves like those of the strawberry). No. 858.

• Price: $325.00
  

  SKU: 61117

• PRINT ADD TO FAVORITES
  SHARE

• ARTIST: Johann Weinmann

• PUBLISHER: Published Amsterdam and Ratisbon.

• MEDIUM: Copper engraving printed in color and finished by hand,

  DATE: c. 1742

• EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 3/4 x 8" (32.5 x 20.3 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: From Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia. This beautiful work provides a nearly complete record of the flowers, fruits and vegetables cultivated in the early 18th century. The plates are among the earliest examples of color printing from a single plate.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 10.5 x 15.5 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color save light marginal foxing at right.

• REFERENCE: Dunthorne #327.

• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Johann Weinmann