Line and mezzotint engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. 1737-45.
Paper size 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 (39.4 x 24 cm)
Very good condition. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 88893
Price: $280.00
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