BOTANICAL ENGRAVING BY JOHANN DILLENIUS

 

 

AMARANTHOIDES FLORIBUS 
 
BY
 

JOHANN JACOB DILLENIUS

FOR

"HORTUS ELTHAMENSIS"

 PUBLISHED BY G. SMITH FOR THE AUTHOR, LONDON, 1732.
 

 
A VERY SCARCE COPPER ENGRAVED LARGE BOTANICAL STUDY WITH FINE ORIGINAL HAND COLOUR .

 

THE PLATE IMPRESSION IS APPROX  13 x 7 ins (32.5 x 17.5 cms) WITH GOOD BORDERS. THERE IS A NEAT CONTEMPORARY HAND WRITTEN  INSCRIPTION UNDERNEATH THE TITLE.

"HORTUS ELTHAMENSIS" HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE MOST IMPORTANT 18th CENTURY WORK TO DEAL WITH PLANTS IN A PRIVATE GARDEN. 
THE ILLUSTRATIONS  WERE DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY DILLENIUS HIMSELF.

THE SCARCE HAND COLOURED FIRST EDITION WAS KEPT TO A LIMITATION OF 250 COPIES.

THIS IS A GENUINE 280 YEAR OLD PLATE FROM THE FIRST EDITION.

IN 2002 A COMPLETE FIRST EDITION WAS SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, LONDON FOR £41,825. 

 

 

JOHANN JACOB DILLENIUS (1687-1747) 

BORN IN DARMSTADT HE TRAVELLED TO ENGLAND IN 1721. WHERE HE BECAME SHERARDIAN PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AT OXFORD AND "ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOTANISTS OF HIS TIME" 


 

 

 

 

 

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL PREFERRED.  ONLY CHEQUES DRAWN ON UK BANKS ACCEPTED. ITEMS WILL BE DISPATCHED ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT BY PAYPAL OR RECEIPT OF CHEQUE, AFTER CLEARING AT BANK.

 

POSTAGE & PACKING IS FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE UK.

 INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE IS CHARGED AT £8 WORLDWIDE 

ALL ITEMS WILL BE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL WITH PROOF OF POSTING.

SPECIAL DELIVERY/ INSURED CAN BE ARRANGED.