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Aeternum Florida Virtus
Board representing plants and insects.Joris Hoefnagel (Anvers 1542-Vienne 1600) was a painter, illuminator and draughtsman of flowers, fruits, insects, etc. He became the...
Place & Date: Antwerp 1590
Selling price: $200
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Narcissi: 1.Narcissus maximus medio purpureus; 2.Narcissus medio luteus; 3.Narcissus medio purpureus
Beautiful Narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 anniversary of this f...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $500
Sold in 2013
Narcissus Orientalis maior polyanthos totus albus / Narcissus orientalis mediustotus albus polyanthos / Narcissus Orientalis polyanthos minortotus albus
Beautiful representation of white narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 4...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $600
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Bulbus sylvestrisseu Orithogallum luteum / Hyacinthus Orientalis/Hyacinthus Orientalis argenteo colore / Tulipa praecox/Tulipa praecox
Splendorous representation of Hyacinth and Tulips from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
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Narcissus Orientalis medio croceus calice pleno / Narcissus Orientalis medio croceus maior / Narcissus Constantinopolitanus minor calice simbriato medio...
Splendorous representation of 3 Narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
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Narcissus albus maximus calice luteo brevi / Nacrissus albus medius calice luteo.../Narcissus totus luteus oblongo calice... / Pseudo Narcissus minimus...
Fine representation of four Narzissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 ann...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $550
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Hepatica aurea flore pleno & coeruleo / Hepatica Aurea flore albo/Pseudo Narcissus... / Pseudo Narcissus albus calice luteo / Hyacinthus Botryoides flor...
Splendourful representation of 2 Ranunculaceae and 2 Narcissus and 1 Hyacinth from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
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Iris Bulbosa Anglicana flore coeruleo.
Beautiful blue, white and yellow Lilly from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 an...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $250
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Iris pratensis maior. / Viola martonalis flore albo- purpuro.
Sibirian sword Lily and Viola. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from the Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 ann...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $350
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Circea. / Lilium Montanum maius album punctatum- non punctatum.
Beautiful Circea and Lily from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is the 400 anniversary of ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $600
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Narcissus maior flore multiplice. / Narcissus sylvestris stellatus. / Narcissus Juncifolius luteus flore pleno.
Beautiful Double-flowered white garden narcissus from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year is ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $600
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Mandragora foemina. / Chelidonium minus.
Beautiful Mandrake and Lesser Celandine or Buttercup from the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. This year...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $350
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Viola martia purpuria multiplici flore..
5 beautiful representations of Violaceae. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613.Basilius Besler (1...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $450
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Frittillaria. / Narcissus Juncifolius praecox maior. / Pseudo Narcissus luteus.
3 beautiful representations of Amaryllidaceae. Basilius Besler (1591-1629) was a pharmacist by training and worked in Nuremberg. He set up a garden in Nuremberg, and beca...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
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Narcissus Septentrionalis flo pleno luteo. /Narcisus Septentrionalis calice. / Narcissus Septentrionalis calice pleno. / Pseudo Narcissus minor luteus repens.
Splendorous representation of 4 Narcissus. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613.Basilius Besler (1...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $400
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Scabiosa Alpina Centauroides. / Sacbiosa Belgica flore albo. / Scabiosa Vulgaris.
Splendourfull representation of 3 Scabiosa plants. From the first edition of the Hortus Eystettensis, printed and issued from Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. Basilius ...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $200
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Narcissus Septentrionalis Flo Pleno Luteo. . .
A beautiful representation of four Narcissus from the first edition of the "Hortus Eystettensis", printed and issued by Basilius Besler in Nuremberg 1613. Basil...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1613
Selling price: $165
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(Two Botanical Copperplates)
"HORTUS FLORIDUS" is deemed to be the most celebrated and influential of the early Florilegia (Blunt). It inspired and predated a wide array of noted botanical ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1614
Selling price: $100
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Lima Romana Piorum In Hortis.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Lumia da Gallicia.
Johann Christopher Volckhamer was a wealthy Germany merchant with an orangerie where he grew exotic citrus fruits. His resources enabled him to engage a talented team of...
Place & Date: Rome, ca. 1646
Selling price: $325
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Malum Citreum Vulgare Belluatum.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
Sold in 2009
Aurantium Striatum.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
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Limon Citratus Primae Notae Laevior.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Peretta Sive Spatafora Duplex.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $150
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Lima Eadem Rotunda.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Limon ponzinus chalcedonius.
Decorative engraving representing a citrus fruit. Taken from the book "Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum" by Giovan Battista Ferrari (Italian botanist, 1584-1...
Place & Date: Rome, Scheus, 1646
Selling price: $200
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Tenna, Pars XII, Tab. 79.
A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $12
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Cafri - Conda , Pars XII, Tab. 70.
A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $75
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Codagen , Pars 10, Tab. 46.
A fine, scarce, large, copperplate engraving of South Asia flora. From the very important book on Indian botanicals by Drakenstein. The name of the flower is repeated in ...
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1678
Selling price: $37
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Agriculture, or Husbandry.
Very attractive and decorative page about growing trees, planting herbs, etc. With coat of arms, agricultural tools, and workers. Published in "The Gentleman's Recre...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1686
Selling price: $15
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Besler Scorsonera Latifolia
Basilius Besler Hortus Eystettensis, published at Eichstatt near Nuremberg in 1613 under the patronage of Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, Bishop of Eichstatt, in whose garde...
Place & Date: Nuremberg 1713
Selling price: $325
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Besler Copper Plate Botanical Engraving
The most impressive of the early seventeenth-century florilegia was the Hortus Eystettensis, published at Eichstatt near Nuremberg in 1613 under the patronage of Johann C...
Place & Date: Nuremberg, 1713
Selling price: $850
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Narcissus nobilis Orientalis polyanthosmixtus ..
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skilfully at a later date.Plate 13 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the greate...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $1050
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Narcissus Polyanthos Orientalis calice medio luteus. Odoratus maximus.
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skilfully at a later date.Plate 14 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the greate...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $1000
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Pseudo Narcillus pallidus calice amplo.
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skilfully at a later date.Plate 5 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the greates...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $900
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Hyacinthus stellatus peruanus.
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skilfully at a later date.Plate 14 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the greate...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $1100
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Malua Rosae multiplex Flora albo. Malua Rosae multiplex Floreincarnato.
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skilfully at a later date.Plate 14 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the greate...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $1100
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Lilio Narcissus Hemerocalli disfacie.
Copper engraving. Issue with the text on verso, handcolored very skillfully at a later date.Plate 14 published in the Hortus Eystettensis . Without doubt one of the great...
Place & Date: Eichstätt ca. 1713-1750
Selling price: $1100
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Figures of the Most Beautiful and Uncommon Plants. . .
Two marvelous hand-colored engravings from this scarce and important botanical book. Scottish botanist Phillip Miller (1691-1771) was the curator at the Chelsea Physic Ga...
Place & Date: London, ca. 1755
Selling price: $260
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Daniel Rabel Yellow & White Lilly - Pl. XXX.
This engraving was originally published in "Theatrum Florae" in Paris in 1622 as a collection of plates of the most beautiful flowering plants available in earl...
Place & Date: Paris, 1771
Selling price: $110
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![Branche d\'un arbre-à-pain avec des fruits. [Tahiti.]](/uploads/cache/26096-250x250.jpg)
Branche d\'un arbre-à-pain avec des fruits. [Tahiti.]
Tree branch with fruits. From the French edition of James Cook\'s first voyage entitled Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique actuellement r...
Place & Date: Paris, 1773
Selling price: $55
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Malva vulgaris./ Gemeine Pappel. (Malvae)
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal,' originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $40
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Calendula./ Ringelblume.
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $40
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Caprifolium./ Jericher Rosen (Honeysuckle)
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $40
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Lilium Album. Weise Lilie.
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nürnberg, 1757–1773
Selling price: $40
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![Fragaria. Erdbeerkraut. [Strawberry]](/uploads/cache/95774-250x250.jpg)
Fragaria. Erdbeerkraut. [Strawberry]
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $55
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![Amoris Pomum. Liebs-Aepfel. [Tomato]](/uploads/cache/95775-250x250.jpg)
Amoris Pomum. Liebs-Aepfel. [Tomato]
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $55
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![Morus nigra vulgaris. Maulbeer Baum. [Mulberry tree]](/uploads/cache/95776-250x250.jpg)
Morus nigra vulgaris. Maulbeer Baum. [Mulberry tree]
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $40
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Acanthus Branca Ursina. Welsche Baeren-Klau.
Copper engraved print; overall size 36 x 22,5 cm from the German edition of Blackwell's 'Herbarium Blackwellianum...' or 'A Curious Herbal', originally published in Londo...
Place & Date: Nurnberg, 1757-1773
Selling price: $40
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Rose à cent feuilles - Rosa contifolia L.
A bouquet of Roses. Engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch-born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après ...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $220
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Tulipe des Jardins. Tulipa gesneriana. L.
Tulips, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature. . . receuil util...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $450
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Pivoine double. Poenia officinalis. L.
A bouquet of Double-Pivoine roses, engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $300
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Pavot cultivé. Papaver somniferum. L.
Bouquet of poppy flowers, engraved by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nature. . . rec...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $200
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Jacinthe double. Hyacinthus orientalis. L.
Bouquet of hyacinth flowers, stipple engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après nat...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $225
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Hypericum Hircinum, Millepertuis Setide.
Very fine botanical stipple engraving by Pancrace Bessa, one of the most famous botanical artists of all time. From his "Trait des Arbres et Arbustes que l'On Cultiv...
Place & Date: Paris, c1800
Selling price: $40
Sold in 2019
Neflier cultivé. Mespilus germanica L.
Common medlar, engraving by P.F. Le Grand after designs by the Dutch born Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822).Taken from the rare work "Fleurs dessinées d'après natu...
Place & Date: Paris, c.1800
Selling price: $750
Sold in 2017
Flower (Plate 632).
Plate from William Curtis (1746-1799) The Botanical Magazine. The publication began in February 1787 and was immediately successful, and the early volumes were quickly so...
Place & Date: London 1803
Selling price: $20
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Flower (Plate 1117).
Plate from William Curtis (1746-1799) The Botanical Magazine. The publication began in February 1787 and was immediately successful, and the early volumes were quickly so...
Place & Date: London 1803
Selling price: $20
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Flower (Plate 703).
Plate from William Curtis (1746-1799) The Botanical Magazine. The publication began in February 1787 and was immediately successful, and the early volumes were quickly so...
Place & Date: London 1803
Selling price: $20
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Atropa Mandragora L./ Die Alraunapfel.
Orginal colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. from: Icones plantarum medicinalium, Vienna, 1788-1803.Joseph Jacob Pleck (1735 - 1807)...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $50
Sold in 2015
Orchis Mascula L./ Das maennliche Knabenkraut.
Orginal colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. from: Icones plantarum medicinalium, Vienna, 1788-1803. Joseph Jacob Pleck (1735 - 1807...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $50
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Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus L./ Die unaechte Narzisse.
Orginal colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. from: Icones plantarum medicinalium, Vienna, 1788-1803. Joseph Jacob Pleck (1735 - 1807...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $72
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Cannabis Sativa. Der zahme Hanf. (Cannabis!)
Orginal colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. from: Icones plantarum medicinalium, Vienna, 1788-1803. Joseph Jacob Pleck (1735 - 1807...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $121
Sold in 2015
Nicotiana Tabacum L./ Der gemeine Tobak.
Orginal colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. from: Icones plantarum medicinalium, Vienna, 1788-1803. Joseph Jacob Pleck (1735 - 1807...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $50
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Phoenix Dactylifera./ Die Gemeine Dattelpalme. (Date Palm Tree)
Original colored copper engraving. paper size 48 x 33 cm; laid paper; watermarked. From: 'Icones plantarum medicinalium', Vienna, 1788-1803. Joseph Jacob Plenck (1735-180...
Place & Date: Vienna, 1788-1803
Selling price: $50
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Seven plates from Pomona Britannica.
Seven aquatint and stipple engraved plates of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica, or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pre...
Place & Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817
Selling price: $200
Sold in 2019
Strawberry.
Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...
Place & Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817
Selling price: $60
Sold in 2023
Rasperry.
Color aquatint and stipple engraved plate of fruits by George Brookshaw (1751-1823) from his "Pomona Britannica; or, a Collection of the most esteemed fruits at pres...
Place & Date: London, Bensley and son, 1817
Selling price: $60
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Le Merisier a Fruits Rouges.
An attractive representation of a wild cherry tree by Pierre-Antoine Poiteau (1766-1854), wellknown from his Pomologie Française (1838). This print is from Histoire natu...
Place & Date: Paris 1818-1820
Selling price: $60
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Flower (Plate 83).
Plate from William Curtis (1746-1799) The Botanical Magazine. The publication began in February 1787 and was immediately successful, and the early volumes were quickly so...
Place & Date: London, 1821
Selling price: $20
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Flower (Plate 83).
Plate from William Curtis (1746-1799) The Botanical Magazine. The publication began in February 1787 and was immediately successful, and the early volumes were quickly so...
Place & Date: London, 1821
Selling price: $30
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Dutanta Plumerii
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1814-1827
Selling price: $40
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Tulipa Celsiana.
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1814-1827
Selling price: $50
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Dillwinia Lanceolata.
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
Place & Date: Paris 1814-1827
Selling price: $67
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Chorizema ilicifolia.
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
Place & Date: Paris 1814-1827
Selling price: $67
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Ardsia solanacea.
Copperplate finished by hand, from "Herbier général de l'amateur, contenant la description, l'histoire, les propriétés et la culture des végétaux utiles et agr...
Place & Date: Paris, 1814-1827
Selling price: $5
Sold in 2023
Giroflée rouge.. N° 69.
Fine lithograph by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after 1829.Godefroy Engel...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1829
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Géranium . . . N° 62.
Fine lithograph of a geranium by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after 1829....
Place & Date: Paris, after 1829
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Rose de Provins. N° 38.
Fine lithograph of roses by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after 1829.Godef...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1829
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2015
Cerise. N° 1.
Fine lithograph of a cherry branch by Godefroy Engelmann" after a drawing by Auguste Piquet de Brienne (1789-c.1860) . Published in Paris at rue Montmartre 6, after ...
Place & Date: Paris, after 1829
Selling price: $100
Sold in 2021