1800 Mushroom and Toadstool prints from Vietz

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Mespilus domestica VI253 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Hellebore VI253 ~~$65~~ Sale Price: $32	Acer laciniatum VI255 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Teasal VI479 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Sweet Chestnut VI511 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Teasal VI478 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Elder VI78 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Inula Sunflower VI80 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Box Elder VI226 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Aloe Cactus VI13 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Euphorbia VI81 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Aloe Cactus VI263b ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Ginger VI72 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Ricin Poisonous VI163 ~~$75~~ Sale Price: $37	Ginger VI457 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Ferns VI84 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Poplar VI753 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Ferns VI310 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27

Mulberry, Morus rubra VI269 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Aesculus pavia VI256 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Mulberry, Morus nigra VI260 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27


Ornithogalum umbellatum VI261 ~~$55~~ Sale Price: $27	Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis VI270 ~~$45~~ Sale Price: $22	Ornithogalum nutans VI263 ~~$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.