a. Ervum semine anguloso, Ers. b. Eryngium vulgare, panicault. N. 484. [Sea Holly].
Engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1737-45.
Paper size 15 1/4 x 9 1/2" (388 x 240 mm).
Good condition and color, save for some minor foxing on right edge. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 71295
Price: $250.00
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