Wonderful early botanical nature print of a gooseberry
Kniphof, J. H.
Botanica in originali seu herbarium. Plate 39 (written in pencil). Ribes.
Published
1757-1764
Item ID
72331
€125.00
Halle, Trampe, 1757-1764. Folio-size loose nature printing (36.1 x 22.7 cm). Well preserved nature printing with additional hand-colouring and printed caption.
A rare, early example of nature printing of the white-stemmed gooseberry from western North America. This print in good condition. Some occasional light spotting; a few larger spots at right outer margin; weak elongate stain in the left side, into the printed area. Five tiny holes on left hand side. No creases, dents or tears present. Fischer Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck, 7; Stafleu and Cowan, 3763.