Alcea flore albo. b. Alcea pentaphyllea alba. c. Alcea pentaphyllea flore albo pleno. Plate N. 33
Engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1737-45.
Paper size 14 5/8 x 9 1/2" (371 x 240 mm).
Good condition with original color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 72616
Price: $275.00
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