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Ipomoea coccinea

W. 3

Convoloutus coccineus, folio anguloso. Plum.
Gelbe Mende
Ipomoea coccinea

[Morning Glory?]

Condition: Excellent

(please click image above for larger view—the actual print is much more vibrant than appears in photo. The digital watermark does not appear on actual engraving)


$425
 

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]