1736 Johann Weinmann Hand - Colored Copper Plate Engraving Hawkweed Sunflower
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for a detailed view. Information: This beautiful print is from Johann Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, (Loosely translated as " Visual Description of Plants and Flowers"), published from 1737 - 1745 (First Edition - Volume I). The prints are from a large paper copy, with extra wide margins. The work contained over 1, 000 hand colored engravings in eight folio volumes. It was the first published work to include work by the greatest botanical artist of... the eighteenth century--Georg Dionysus Ehret. It provided one of the most comprehensive botanical references of the 18th century. Many plates in the work were mezzotints printed in color and finished by hand. Date: 1736Source: Phytanthoza IconographPlate No.: 574Description: Hiercaium (Hawkweed) – a. Hieracium fruticosum latifolium glabrum b. Hieracium flore Calendula c. Hieracium Intubaceum d. Hieracium Iunceun Chondrukkce folio e. Hieracium Chondrille folio fentato f. Hieracium minus Chondrillce folio g. Hieracium minus seu Hyoseris h. Hieraciummaurorum, folis lividis maculates.Hieracium, known by the common name hawkweed and classically as hierakion, is a genus of the sunflower family Asteraceae, and closely related to dandelion, chicory, prickly lettuce and sow thistle, which are part of the tribe Print method: Copper plate engraving with superb original hand color and nice clear plate marksPlate printed on one side, blank on reverse.Condition: Very good condition. Size of Print: 260mm x 210mm [approximately 17 1/2” x 11 1/2”]Size of Leaf: 260mm x 210mm [approximately 10 1/4" x 8 1/4"]Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, pharmacist and botanist, was born on March 13, 1683 at Gardelegen, Germany, the son of a barber, Matthias Christian Weinmann. Little is known about his early life, but he settled in Regensburg in 1710 as a pharmacist’s assistant in a local apothecary shop. Weinmann’s major creation was Phytanthoza iconographia (1737-1745), a great project which comprised eight folio volumes with over a thousand hand-colored engravings of several thousand plants. The first artist employed by Weinmann was none other than Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770) who would become one of the foremost floral illustrators of the eighteenth century. A Great Gift For Any Manuscript Collector We Now Accept PayPal! We Ship Worldwide. Please Contact Us For a Free Shipping Quote!