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Ixia foliis ensiformibus, floribus remotis. [ANTIQUE BOTANICAL] by IXIA) Trew, Christopher Jacob and Benedict Christian Vogel. Ehret, Georg Dionysius (illus). Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid - 1750-1773.

by IXIA) Trew, Christopher Jacob and Benedict Christian Vogel. Ehret, Georg Dionysius (illus). Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid

Ixia foliis ensiformibus, floribus remotis. [ANTIQUE BOTANICAL] by IXIA) Trew, Christopher Jacob and Benedict Christian Vogel. Ehret, Georg Dionysius (illus).  Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid -  1750-1773.

Ixia foliis ensiformibus, floribus remotis. [ANTIQUE BOTANICAL]

by IXIA) Trew, Christopher Jacob and Benedict Christian Vogel. Ehret, Georg Dionysius (illus). Engraved by Johann Jacob Haid

  • Used
1750-1773.. Engraving, hand-colored, plate area approximately 16 1/4 x 11 on sheet size 21 x 14 1/4 inches. A couple of 1/8 inch tears to lower edge (all well outside plate area). Very good condition on fine laid paper. An exceptional antique botanical print depicting a plant 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 LII). 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. Included are fine botanical details reflecting the influence of the newly introduced Linnaean system of plant classification. (Nissen 1997; Great Flower Books, p.78; Dunthorne 309). .
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
  • Date Published 1750-1773.
  • Keywords Botanical, Botanical Print, engraving, G. D. Ehret, handcolored, zz_22_WS_40_off, zz_ListOn_eBay, zzprintg