Ranunculus Pratensis Repens
Nuremberg: Jacob Trew, 1760.
Botanical print. Copper engraving with hand coloring. Plate 213. Page measures 13 1/2" x 8 1/2".
A descriptive view of a buttercup with the anatomy of the flower named. This edition is a revised and enlarged format engraved by Nicolaus Friedrich Eisenberger and published by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew, a botanist and physician. Minor scattered staining, aging to edges. Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758) was trained as an artist but untrained in botany. She collaborated with her botanist husband while he was in debtor's prison and with the curator of the Chelsea Physick Garden where the plants were under cultivation. She engraved the copper printing plates for the 500 images and also hand-colored the illustrations. The financial success of the book led to her husband's release from prison. For more Blackwell prints, please see our gallery.
Illustrator: N.F. Eisenberger
Language: English
Price: $250.00
Item #319577