BELLIS leucanthema, BELLIS spinosa, BELLIS orientalis, BELLIS myrtifolia. No 239.
Copper engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1737-45.
Paper size 15 1/2 x 9 5/8".
Good condition and color. LOCATION: Washington D.C.
Inventory Number: 10068
Price: $400.00
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