The Old Print Shop

a. Umbilicus veneris Androfaces, seu Acetabulum majus. b. Umbilicus marinus, vel Actebulum minus. c. Volubilis fructu tetragono Smilaci similis. d. Urtica Romana Mas cum globulis, Ortie Romaine. e. Urtica Romana Parietariae folio. No. 1019.

  • ARTIST: Johann Weinmann

  • PUBLISHER: Published Amsterdam and Ratisbon.

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

    DATE: 1736-45.

  • EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 3/4 x 8" (325 x 203 mm).

  • 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:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color.

  • REFERENCE: Dunthorne #327.