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1.Viola Damascena. 2. Dentaria alba flore. 3. Thabacum sive herba sancta minor. 4. Nicotiana sive sana Sancta Indorum.

Artist:

SWEERT, Emanuel

Engraver:

JANSSON, Jan

Title:

1.Viola Damascena. 2. Dentaria alba flore. 3. Thabacum sive herba sancta minor. 4. Nicotiana sive sana Sancta Indorum.

Stock Code:

6280

Method:

Copper engraving

Colouring:

Later colour

Atlas:

Florilegium

Size: (W x H):

21cm x 33.5cm

8½ inches x 13 inches

Date:

Amsterdam 1647

Price:

£300

Beautiful plate of four flowering plants. The lower two on the plate are varieties of the tobacco plant. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs from Sweert's gardens, to be sold at fairs in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, but now these very attractive engravings are regarded as fine examples of 17th century botanical illustration and are much collected.

Fine condition, good margins.

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