Description
Johann Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia
These beautiful prints are from Johann Weinmann's Phytanthoza Iconographia, published from 1737-1745. The work contained over 1,000 mezzotint engravings, printed in color with the finished color applied by hand, 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. They are on fine chain-linked, watermarked paper that measures ~10" by 15".