Johann Jakob Dillenius
Botanicals

 
The copper-plate engravings below are cut from Johann Jakob Dillenius'  (1687-1747) classic two-volume Horti Elthamensis, Seu Plantarum Rariorum,  published in 1774.   (The work was first published in 1732).  Dillenius was German botanist who spent the last three decades of his life in England.   Horti Elthamenis catalogues the plants in James Sherard's garden at Eltham, Kent.  The plates, drawn by Dillenius himself, are printed on laid paper that is thin but excellent.  The age toning is mild.  The plates are whole and intact--the photos are cropped.
 
Page Size: 10.5  x 16.5 inches