1830,RARE DIETRICH FLORA UNIVERSALIS HandPainted ENGR. CIRSIUM J25

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1830,RARE DIETRICH FLORA UNIVERSALIS HandPainted ENGR. CIRSIUM J25:
$9.99

Title Title

Flora Universalis.

Author/Artist

David Dietrich

Date

1831-1854

Sizes

9"3/8 x 15" 2/5 (24,0 x 39,0 cm)

Description

Numbered Copper engraving. Beautiful original hand coloring. Names in Latin.

Other plates

Other Plates.

"Flora Universalis"

By David Dietrich

Biography of the Artist.

David Dietrich (1799 Zieganhain 1888- Jena).

Born in Ziegenhain Germany in 1799, Dietrich was nephew of Adam, professional botanist, and Friedrich that was the court gardener at Weimer and author of some very important illustrated work on botany like, among other, "Die Linnéischen Geranien für Botaniker und Blumenliebhaber, durchaus neu und nach der Natur abgebildet..." 1801-1803 and "Darstellung vorzüglicher Zierpflanzen, welche zu den beliebtesten Modelblumen gezählt werden, für Botaniker und Blumenliebhaber, nach der Natur abgebildet..." 1803.

David Dietrich followed his family tradition and devoted his life to botany. He studied natural history in Jena where was trained as a botanist. He was the curator of the University herbarium and published many important illustrated treatise on flora.

David Dietrich published amon other:

A fivevolumes "Synopsis Plantarum"published from 1839 and 1852 describing many genusis of the local flora;

A fivevolumes "Der Botaniker"published from 1833 and 1864 with 1150 superb illustrations;

The monumental "Flora Universalis" published from 1830 and 1840,with over 4500 hand coloured botanical engraved illustrations, that was issued in 476 booklets.

We are pleasedto offer a selection of prints from the scarcemonumental work"Flora Universalis", published in Jena during the 1830s and 1840s. The "Flora Universalis" is a rarity in the field of botany.

The prints were copper engraved on Whatman paper and meticulously hand-coloured. The final result were superb botany prints, with rich and vibrant colours illustrating local and exotic speciesafter illustrious botanical illustrators such as de Candolle, Wildenows, and Sprengels.

The illustrations feauture very particular arrangements of the plants and their parts on the page, rather uncommon in botanical illustrations.

The texts were by Linnés, Römers and Schultes. Each print is folio in size, measuring approximately 9 3/8 inches by 15 2/5(24,0 cm by 39,0) inches with ample margins. Prints are very clean with no or light tonig and no foxing.

Remarkable in particular is the fine ORIGINAL hand colouring.

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