Botanicals, Florilegium Novum, Gelsiminum Indicum flore Phoeniceo, Carolina-Jasmin, Johann Theodor DeBry
Debry Nr.23
"Gelsiminum Indicum flore Phoeniceo"
From 'Florilegium Novum'
by Johann Theodor DeBry
Original antique print
Image area: 24 x 17.5 cm (9.4 x 6.8")
The page is larger but the upper, lower and right sides have
been folded back as the print was once framed.
Some minor signs of use in right image.
Antique Botanical Prints by De Bry
Johann Theodor De Bry (1528-1598) came from Liege, Belgium to Frankfurt on the Main and founded about 1570 an important publishing house. The famous Florilegium Novum, a comprehensive flower book was first published by his son, Johann Theodor De Bry (1561-1623) between 1612 and 1618. The copper engravings we are offering are in very good condition in beautiful modern coloring and are mostly from the 1641 edition, published by Matthäus Merian, Johann Theodor De Bry's son-in-law. The complete title: Florilegium renovatum et auctum: variorum Maximeque rariorum germanium, florum ac platarum. The beauty of the prints is beyond comprehensible description.