The Old Print Shop

Vitex Cienkowskii, Tab. XII.

  • ARTIST: Theodor Kotschy & Johann Joseph Peyritsch

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Charles Gerold fils, Vienna.

  • MEDIUM: Lithograph, original hand color.,

    DATE: 1867.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 14 7/8 x 21 1/4" (378 x 540 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: This is one of only 27 rare botanical lithographs composed by Carl George Theodor Kotschy and Johann Joseph Peyritsch, after drawings by Liepoldt and Mettenius. From "Plantes Tinneennes ou Descriptions de Quelques Unes des Plantes. . . " by Alexandrine P.F. and John A. Tinne. <br><br> This fascinating work on central African and Nile River flora contains the botanical findings of a disastrous expedition up the White Nile in 1861-64. Three Dutch women started on the expedition, two perished along the way.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save for foxing.

  • REFERENCE: #1095 in "Die Botanische Buchillustration" by Claus Nissen. Page 109 in "Great Flower Books 1700-1900" by Sacheverell Sitwell.