Image is 7 1/8 inches by 5 1/2 inches on a sheet that is 9 inches by 7 inches. Drawn by pharmacist turned naturalist Ferdinand Vietz ((1772-1815), engraved by Ignaz Albrecht, and published in volume 7 of Icones Plantarum Medico-Oeconomico-Technologicarum, edited by J. L. Kerndl and published by Schr�mblischen in Vienna in 1818. Original hand-coloring. Like all the plates from Vietz's classic work on medicinal and culinary uses of plants, this is a lovely original print on high-quality watermarked laid paper. Condition is near fine: clean and bright. Binding edge is untrimmed. This original engraving is guaranteed to be more than 200 years old. Reference: Sitwell, GREAT FLOWER BOOKS, p. 147. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Seller Inventory # W2540

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Title: HELLEBORUS HYEMALIS [Winter Aconite], ...

Publisher: Schr�mblischen, Vienna

Publication Date: 1817

Binding: Single Sheet

Illustrator: Ferdinand Vietz

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Fine Art Print

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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