SET OF TWELVE HAND-COLOURED BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS FROM WEINMANN'S 'PHYTANTHOZA ICONOGRAPHIA'
MID 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
Auction: Session One - Wednesday 19th February at 10am
Description
after Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741), all plates from ‘Phytanthoza Iconographia’ (Regensburg, H. Lentz, 1737 – 1745), all of floral subjects with classification written below, mounted in modern ebonised and gilt margin frames with reverse glass découpage panels depicting lilies and butterflies, with hand-marbled paper backings (12)
Dimensions
53cm high, 40.5cm wide