Ferdinand Vietz Icones Plantarum 1800-1822

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Sorbus aucuparia VI228 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Mirabilis jalapa VI210 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Rosa centifolia VI215 ~~$85~~ Sale Price: SOLD


Cordia Sebestena VI435 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Bignomia VI3336 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Zedoaria VI2219A ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Crocus VI70 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Hawthorn VI445 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Autumn Crocus VI64 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Lythrum salicaria VI216 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Malva moschata VI217 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Orchid Morio VI174 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Doronicum pardalianches VI225 ~~$75~~ Sale Price: $37	Anemone, Pulsatilla Nigricans VI202 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Dandelion VI205a ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32


Hemerocallis flava VI231 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Asphodelus luteus VI308a ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Scorzonera hispanica VI233 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Adonis vernalis VI234 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Succulent, Sempervivum tectorum VI235 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Scorzonera hispanica VI236 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Convolvulus scammonia VI237 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Oenothera biennis VI238 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Strychnine, Strychnos nux vomica VI239 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Cichcorium VI413 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Mandrake VI320 ~~$75~~ Sale Price: SOLD	Bignonia VI334 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32

Syringa vulgaris VI240 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Sorbus hybrida VI230 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Amomum zedoaria VI242 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

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We are delighted to present a selection of these exceedingly rare & beautiful original hand colored copper engravings from the monumental Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum, published in Vienna from 1800 to 1822. Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz (1772-1815) was the artist and engraver. In its entirety, this work consists of 11 volumes with 1100 botanical plates.

It was published at a time when Germany was transitioning from the overblown & elaborate Rococo style to the classic & elegant Biedermeier period. Under the neo-classical influence, design became simpler and more sophisticated. The style of Vietz is unique, in that it is a distillation of the work of many great botanical illustrators such as Blackwell, Weinman, Zorn & Woodville into a form that is superbly beautiful, with some of the most highly decorative engravings of all time. Vietz was an Austrian physician and Doctor of Medicine in Vienna & later on a Professor of forensic medicine at Vienna.

This monumental work is one of the rarest of all such publications, the British Natural History Museum writes of its own copy:

"Today, the work appears to be of extreme rarity, not being held in any other of the United Kingdom's national or public library collections. Only three copies have been found in North American libraries, of which two are certainly fragile and in need of conservation. One copy is in the Austrian National Library."

We are currently offering a selection prints from this work in the quarto size, approximately 7 1/4 inches wide by 9 1/4 inches long. They are beautifully hand colored engraved plates with very vivid coloration & superb design. The condition of the plates is excellent, remarkable for a work that is over 200 years old.