1800 VIETZ HC BOTANICAL ENG PULMONARIA ETC 6 PRINTS
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Ferdinand Bernhard Vietz 1800-1822Icones plantarum medico-oeconomico-technologicarum Pulmonaria virginica; Trifolium rubens; Trifolium arvense; Trifolium repens; Trifolium pratense; Trifolium agrarium We are delighted to present a selection of these exceedingly rare & beautiful hand colored 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
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