Creator
Christoph Jacob Trew
Title
Plantae selectae quarum imagines… pinxit Georgius Dionysius Ehret
Coverage
Nuremberg
Date
1750-1773
Subject
10 parts in 1 volume
Description
This monument of eighteenth-century botanical book illustration contains 100 finely engraved plates by Johann Jacob Haid after paintings by the great botanical artist, Georg Dionysius Ehret. This image of the Dodecatheon meadia flower (or “shooting star”) illustrates the exquisite detail and sumptuous hand-coloring typical of the engravings throughout the book.
Also notable are the ten engraved title-pages (one for each of the ten parts) heightened by hand in red and gold.