Johann Weinmann Phytanthoza Iconographia Botanical Prints, 1737 N 372

Chrysanthemum Indicum maximum flore luteo pleno WN 372 $625. Each print measures approximately 9 1/2 inches wide by 15 inches long. Johann Weinmann’s Phytanthoza Iconographia, 1737-1745. These are rare and beautiful prints represent one of the most outstanding and innovative achievements in botanical illustration. The engraver, J.J. Haid printed many of the illustrations utilizing a new mezzotint technique pioneered by the Englishman, Kirkall, to produce 1,025 hand colored engravings.Johann Weinmann 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. Great Flower Books describes it 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 Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Born of a humble family in Heidelberg, Ehret was taught to draw by his father at an early age.
Condition Report: very nice. Beautifully framed and matted.