Cedrus foliis rigidis acuminatis non deciduis, conis subrotundis erectis. by CEDAR) Trew, Christopher Jacob and Benedict Christian Vogel. Ehret, Georg Dionysius (illus). Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid - 1750-1773.

1750-1773.. Engraving, hand-colored, plate area approximately 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 on sheet size 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Light toning to paper, single pinhole in each corner (well outside plate area). Overall good clean condition on fine laid paper. An exceptional antique botanical print depicting a cedar branch by one of the finest botanical artists of all time, Georg Dionysus Ehret, engraved by Johann Jacob Haid and published in "Plantae selectae" by Christopher Jacob Trew and Benedict Christian Vogel (plate I). This remarkable work, published over the period 1750 to 1773, scientifically documents and artistically celebrates exotic plants in the collection of the Chelsea Physic Garden in London and other collectors at a time when the collection, cultivation and documentation of exotic flowers was popular among the upper strata of European society. Ehret trained as a gardener, but his talent as a botanical artist was noted and put to work by wealthy patrons including the physician and botanist Dr. Trew. .