Ferdinand Vietz Icones Plantarum 1800-1822

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Pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo
VI200 $145


Amaryllis formosissimia VI207 $65	Amaryllis sarniensis VI208 $65	Amaranthus caudatus VI209 $45


Mirabilis jalapa VI210 $55	Melon, Cucumis melo VI205 $95	Nerium oleander VI212 $55


Peony, Paeonia officinalis VI213 $95	Alcea rosea VI214 $65	Rosa centifolia VI215 $85


Lythrum salicaria VI216 $55	Malva moschata VI217 $55	Orchid, Orchis morio VI218 $65


Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae VI219 $65	Tulip, Tulipa gessneriana VI220 $85	Bird of Paradise, Strelitzia reginae VI221 $55


Doronicum pardalianches VI225 $75	Nymphea alba VI223 $65	Viburnum opulus VI224 $55


Sorbus aucuparia VI228 $55	Nymphea lutea VI226 $65	Sorbus hybrida VI230 $55


Hemerocallis flava VI231 $65	Dandelion, Leontodon taraxacum VI232 $65	Scorzonera hispanica VI233 $55


Adonis vernalis VI234 $65	Succulent, Sempervivum tectorum VI235 $55	Scorzonera hispanica VI236 $55


Convolvulus scammonia VI237 $55	Oenothera biennis VI238 $55	Strychnine, Strychnos nux vomica VI239 $55


Syringa vulgaris VI240 $55	Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum VI241 SOLD	Amomum zedoaria VI242 $55


Violet, Viola tricolor VI243 $65	Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, Carnivorous VI244 $65	Violet, Viola odorata VI245 SOLD


Nigella damascena VI246 $55	Lavender, Lavandula spica VI247 $55	Nigella sativa VI248 $55


Ajuga pyramidalis VI249 $45	Flax, Linum usitatissimum VI250 $55	Ajuga reptans VI251 $55

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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."