18th century herbs, taken from Scottish herbalist Elizabeth Blackwell’s “Herbarium Blackwellianum” which was published in 1757 in Nuremberg. Collections of the Peter H. Raven Library, Missouri Botanical Garden.
Category: Botanical print
Plates of birds from “The Naturalist’s Miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects.” Written by George Shaw, it was printed for Nodder & Company in London between 1789 and 1813. Collections of the Museums Victoria.
Botanical models made of papier mâché and other materials. Made in Breslau (Wroclaw), Poland and Berlin between 1866 and the late 1930s by R. Brendel & Company.
Rhodea Japonica, a species of Japanese lily all living in pots, at least here. From Inoue Gensuke 1883 (Meiji 16) work “Omoto Chasei Chūkei.” Taken from the website of rare book firm Boston Book Company some of whose books I got to visit in person at the antiquarian book fair earlier this month. Copperplates, possibly also with stenciling and wood engraving.
Beautiful plates of flowers and fruit from Etienne Denisse’s “Flore d’Amérique” which was published in Paris by Freres Gihaut in the mid-1840’s. Just perfect for the conservatory in winter.
Hand-colored engravings from “Hortus Eystettensis,” Basilius Besler, apothecary and botanist, author. Living from 1561 to 1629, he also curated the gardens of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria.
Botanical prints from the tropics. More from Nancy Anne Kingsbury Wollstonecraft’s 1828 “Specimens of the Plants and Fruits of the Island of Cuba.”
