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W. 3 Convoloutus coccineus, folio anguloso. Plum. Condition: Excellent
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Georg Wolfgang Knorr
Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensusque Universalis
Nuremberg (1770-1772)
Hand-coloured engraving
on beautiful, watermarked, 18th century chain-laid paper
Sheet size: approx. 10¾ x 16 inches.
This work is described as the most beautiful of the German Flower Books. The plates were mostly drawn and engraved by Knorr; however, it has not been generally noticed that many of the plates are only slightly modified copies of Ehret, taken from Trew's Plantai selectae and Weinmann's Phytanthoza. A careful study would probably reveal other pictorial sources. Knorr died in 1761. The plates are exceptionally well done.
[Great Flower Books, Nissen]