A. RUSCUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS FRUCTU SUMMIS RAMULIS. B. RUSCUS SIVE BRUSCUS, BRUSE. C. RUTA CHALEPENSIS LATIFOLIA. D. RUTA HORTENSIS MAJOR, DE LA RUE. E. RUTA HORTENSIS FOLIIS PICTIS. NO. 875.
a. Ruscus angustifolius fructu summis ramulis. b. Ruscus sive Bruscus, Bruse. c. Ruta chalepensis latifolia. d. Ruta hortensis major, de la Rue. e. Ruta hortensis foliis pictis. No. 875.
Copper engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1736-45.
Average platemark 12 3/4 x 8" (325 x 203 mm).
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 61127
Price: $235.00
Publisher : Published Amsterdam and Ratisbon.
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. 18th-19th Century Subjects, Natural History - Botanicals, Johann Weinmann