Botanicals

Our images from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries are distinctive and hard-to-find engravings and bookplates of botanicals,  landmarks in American history, and highlights of ancient Greek and Roman civilization. 

Abutilom aulcennae

$4,500.00
Basil Besler, Rome c. 1646 Excellent Condition, 1st ed. Framed: 32.25” x 29” SOLD $4000
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Aconitum Lycocto num flore Delphiny

$2,000.00
Basil Besler, Rome c. 1646 Excellent Condition. 1st ed. Framed: 32.25” x 29” Mat opening: 16” x 20” $2250.
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Alcea Veneta Ranunculus Minor flore

$2,500.00
Basil Bessler, Rome c. 1656 Sold
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Aranzo Cedrato – Spital Hoff

$1,450.00
Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, c. 1708-14 pag. 186.a. Excellent condition Framed: 13.5” x 18.25” Mat opening: 7.75” x 12.25”
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Arbor Iodae, by Basil Besler, from Hortus Eystettensis Eichstatt: 1613 Hand-colored copperplate engraving (later color) 26 1/2” x 22”

$2,100.00
Basil Besler’s (1561-1629) great botanical work is a landmark of botanical documentation and pre-Linnaean classification, as well as one of
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Ariftolochia Vulgaris

$2,500.00
Basilius Besler c. 1613 from ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ Dexluxe Ed. Pl. 146 Ariftolochia Vulgaris Rare, uncolored Excellent condition 16.5” x 22”
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Aurantia Flores

$1,850.00
Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Rome 1646 Plate 369 Excellent Condition Framed:18.25” x 14.25” Mat opening: 8.25” x 12.25”
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Aurantium Corniculatum

$1,400.00
Giovanni Baptista Ferrari, Rome c. 1646 plate 409 Excellent condition – dark hand-coloring Frame: 16.5” x 19.5” Mat opening: 8.5”
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Bizaria. in chedegren Herrn Blumertifchen Garten

$1,850.00
Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, c. 1708-14 pag. 172a Excellent condition Framed: 23” x 18.25” Mat opening: 8.5” x 12” $1850.
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Carnations (caryophyllus hortensis maxi), Johann Weinmann

$450.00
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) was an apothecary and botanist who resided in Regensburg, Germany.  He produced the Phytanthoza Iconographia between 1735 and
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Caryophyllus major indie, Basil Besler

$5,040.00
This folio botanical engraving is from Basilius Besler’s rare and highly valued work Hortus Eystettensis. It is from the third edition,
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Cedrato Bergamotto. il Chieuo fopra L’Adige 2. Mige da Verona

$1,850.00
Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, c. 1708-14 pag.. 52 Excellent condition Framed: 18.25” x 23” Mat opening: 8.5” x 12” $1850
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Erica Minor Flore Albo

$2,150.00
Basilius Besler, Rome c. 1646
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Euisdem Cirtrei Dimidium

$495.00
rare black-and-white engraving from Hesperides, Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Filipendula vulgaris & Christophoriana

$2,150.00
Basilius Besler c. 1613 From Deluxe Ed. ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ Pl. 228 Filipendula vulgaris & Christophoriana Rare, uncolored engraving Excellent Condition
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Leucoium purpureumva riegatum flore pleno

$5,000.00
Basil Besler, Rome 1646 Excellent Condition Framed SOLD $5000
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Lilium purpureum marus do donei Scapus cum bulbo

$4,500.00
Basil Besler, Rome c. 1646 Excellent Condition. 1st ed. Framed: 32.25” x 29” $4500. Sold
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Lima Dulcis et Lima Acris

$495.00
rare black & white antique print from the Hesperides, Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Limon con la Scarza

$1,975.00
Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, c. 1708-14 pag. 69 Excellent condition Framed: 13.5” x 18.25” Mat opening: 7.75” x 12.25” $1975.
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Limon Incomparabilis

$2,000.00
Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Rome c. 1646 Plate 223 Frame: 16.25” x 19.25” (finished corners) Mat opening: 8.5” x 12.25” Excellent
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Limon Liguriae Ceriescus

$495.00
rare black-and-white engraving from the Hesperides, Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Limon Ponzinus Rubens

$495.00
rare black & white print from Hesperides, Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Limon Sponginus Liguria Verrucosus

$1,650.00
Giovanni Batista Ferrari, Italy Plate 303 Excellent Condition Framed: 14” x 18.25” Mat opening: 8.5” x 12.25”
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Limon Sponginus Liguria Verrucosus

$495.00
rare black & white antique print from the Hesperides (1646), Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Limoniae flores

$1,850.00
Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Rome 1646 Plate 189 Excellent Condition Framed: 14.25” x 18.25” Mat opening: 8.25” x 12.25”
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Limoniae Flores

$495.00
rare black & white print from The Hesperides (1646), Ferrari & Bloemaert
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Maluacrifpa

$2,150.00
manubium creticum angu stifoleum & pseudodictamus gloribus vei tillatis Basilius Besler c. 1613 From Deluxe Ed. ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ Pl. 228
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Malum Citreum Vulgare

$1,600.00
Giovanni Battista Ferrari, Rome c. 1646 Plate 61 Excellent Frame: 16” x 19.5” Mat Opening: 12.5’ x 8.5” $1250
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Menthaltrum niveum anglicum

$2,150.00
Basilius Besler c. 1613 From Deluxe Ed. ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ Pl. 228 Horsemints, Hybrid garden mint Rare, uncolored engraving Excellent Condition
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Myrtle Varieties

$2,150.00
Basilius Besler c. 1613 from ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ Dexluxe Ed. Pl. 146 Myrtus Tarentina & Myrtus Latifolijs Common myrtle, Small-leaved myrtle
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Nepetella, by Basil Besler

$1,750.00
This original hand-colored copperplate engraving, Nepetella, Pl. 229, measures 20″ x 16.5″ and is in very good condition with light
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Pomo d’Adamo monstroso / Palazzo del N H Bernardi a Stra, Johann Christoph Volckamer

$1,850.00
A hand-coloured plate from Nürnbergische Hesperides oder Gründliche Beschreibung der Edlen Citronat-, Citronen- und Pomeranzen-Früchte, Nuremberg [1708]
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