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Acer Platanoides folius... Tab. XCI. (Maple)

  • ARTIST: Georg Dionysius Ehret

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Christopher Jacob Trew.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,

    DATE: 1750-73.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 20 1/4 x 13 3/4" (51.5 x 35 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Engraved and colored by Johann Jacob Haid and Johann Elias Haid.<br><br> From the renowned botanical work "Plantae Selectae" by Christopher Trew. Published in Nuremberg, 1750-73. A distinguished German botanical draftsman, Ehret collaborated with Linnaeus and later worked for the British Musuem, where he drew many newly discovered plants from the Americas and the Far East. <br><br> Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) is considered the most important botanical artist of the eighteenth century.<br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Fine original hand coloring.

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