Nuremberg merchant Johann Christoph Volckamer (Volcamer, Volkammer) (1644-1720) was the son of a physician who demonstrated his interest in botany by maintaining a garden devoted to exotic citrus fruit at a time when it was unknown north of the Alps. A team of engravers memorialized his multispecies garden through 256 plates of 170 varieties of fruits, published in two volumes in 1708 and 1714. The Nuremberg Hesperides copperplate engravings represent citrus fruit floating above different landscapes, including city panoramas, the countryside of Northern Italy, Nuremberg, and other locales. These accurate botanical illustrations of the gardens where the fruit grew continue to make Volckamer’s work highly sought after.