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Weinmann 18th Century Hand Colored Botanical Engraving "Horminum Peregrinum"

Creator: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Offered by: Timeless Intaglio – Rare Prints, Maps & Books

Description
An 18th century hand colored botanical engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) depicting the following flowering sage plants: a. Horminum Peregrinum Foliis Salvice, b. Horminum Sativum, Purpureo Coma Rubra, c. Horminum Sativum Purpureo Violaceo Coma, d. Hyacinthus Africanus Orchioides Diphyllos Croceo, e. Hyacinthus Africanus Orchiodes Serpenta, Plate #582 from "Phytanthoza Iconographia", published in Regensburg, Germany in 1739. The colored engraving with additional vibrant hand coloring is printed on laid paper. The sheet measures 17" x 10.25". There appears to be one faint spot centrally in the lower third of the image. It is otherwise in excellent condition.

Johann Weinmann, a botanist and pharmacist directed a famous pharmacy in Regensburg. The Phytanthoza Iconographia was his masterpiece, a huge work in eight folio volumes, which provided one of the most comprehensive botanical references of the eighteenth century. It has been described as a "pioneering work of botanical prints” and it remains today one of the most ambitious works ever undertaken, displaying over 4,000 species.

The artist for the much of the work was the gifted and very collectible Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Born of a humble family in Heidelberg, Ehret was taught to draw by his father at an early age. As a young man, he worked as a gardener first for the Elector of Heidelburg and then the Margrave of Badaen-Durlac. He became a well respected botanist and entomologist and one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	Pre 18th Century
Creation Date:	1739
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Incollect Reference #:	574431

Dimensions

W.	10.25 in;	H.	17 in;
W.	26.04 cm;	H.	43.18 cm;

Message from Seller:

Timeless Intaglio is an online gallery of rare and collectable antiquarian prints, maps and books. Although we specialize in all forms of vintage printed works on paper, the majority were created with the intaglio method of transferring ink from a plate, usually copper, to paper with a technique utilizing pressure generated by a press. Email us directly: rbreiman@timelessintaglio.com