A. PAPAVER CORNICULATUM LUTEUM MINUS. B. PAPAVER CORNICULATUM PHOENICEUM HIRSUTUM. C. PAPAVER CORNICULATUM RUBRUM. D. PAPAVER ERRATICUM MAJUS FLORE PALLIDO. N. 787.
a. Papaver Corniculatum Luteum Minus. b. Papaver Corniculatum Phoeniceum Hirsutum. c. Papaver Corniculatum Rubrum. d. Papaver Erraticum majus Flore Pallido. N. 787.
Engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1737-45.
Paper size 14 1/2 x 9 3/4" (369 x 247 mm).
Good condition and color save for some minor foxing. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 71235
Price: $600.00
Publisher : Published in Ratisbon, Germany.
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