Scrophularia flore luteo annua. . .EXQUISITELY ENGRAVED 18TH CENTURY BOTANICAL by WEINMANN, JOHANN WILHELM) Seutter (illus) - No date. 1735- 1745.
by WEINMANN, JOHANN WILHELM) Seutter (illus)
Scrophularia flore luteo annua. . .EXQUISITELY ENGRAVED 18TH CENTURY BOTANICAL
by WEINMANN, JOHANN WILHELM) Seutter (illus)
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Germany.. No date. 1735- 1745.. Engraving with mezzotint, printed in color with additional handcolor, image size 12 1/2 x 8 inches on sheet 16 1/2 x 10 inches. Fine condition. Four flowers of the genus Scrophularia depicted, most in shades of pink, orange and blue. Plate No. 909 from Johann Wilhelm Weinmann " Phytanthoza Iconographia", printed on thick laid paper. Dunthorne (#327) notes that plates from this work represent "some of the earliest examples of color printing from a single plate", many of them printed by a combination of line engraving and mezzotint. .
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- Place of Publication Germany.
- Date Published No date. 1735- 1745.
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