The Old Print Shop

Buglossum vulgare magno flore (Common bugloss with large flowers). Buglossum folio borraginis (Bugloss with borage-like leaves). Buglossum creticum flore purpurascente (Cretan bugloss with purplish flowers). Buglossum anchusa minor (Smaller anchusa bugloss). No. 272.

  • ARTIST: Johann Weinmann

  • PUBLISHER: Published in Ratisbon, Germany.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving printed in color and finished by hand,

    DATE: 1737-45.

  • EDITION SIZE: Average platemark 12 3/4 x 8" (32.5 x 20.3 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: 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.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color, small fold/crease on upper right corner, outside of platemark.

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