Botanicals, Ananas
"Ananas folio vix Ferrato"
Copper etching with superb original hand color.
Engraver: Johann Jakob Haid (1704-1767)
Drawing by Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708-1770)
Publishe in: "Plantae Selectae"
Publishers: Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769) and (later) Benedict Christian Vogel (1745-1825)
Nuremberg, 1750-1773
One of the finest botanical works ever printed on the subject of exotic plants (exotic meaning to Central Europeans)
Original antique print
Near very good condition. Some very minor traces of age and use, such as few foxing spots, visible only when held against a source of light. Horizontal centerfold has been strengthened.
Upper and lower margins have been extended with old paper adding ca 0.75 cm
to the top and bottom margins.
Sheet: 44.5 x 30 cm (ca. 17.5 x 11.8") interior design, wall decoration, ideas, idea, gift ideas, present, vintage, charming, special, decoration, home interior, living room design