Past Auctions

Set of Six Georg Dionysius Ehret (German 1708-1770) Botanical Engravings from “Plantae Selectae”
to include “Veratrum: scapo sistuloso et squamofo spica strica”, “Meadia: foliis oblongus serratis, floribus reflexis purpureis”, “Azalea”, “Lilio-Gladiolus”, “Corallodendron”, “Pavia”
Each engraving is finely executed with precise botanical detail, original 18th-century hand-coloring, and accompanying floral dissections. Published in Nuremberg between 1750 and 1773 under the direction of Christoph Jakob Trew
Hand-colored copperplate engravings on laid paper
16″ x 10 1/2″ plate size
Provenance: Property from a Prominent New York City Collector
Florian Papp, New York.

Estimate: $800 - $1200