Volckamer Flowers
from Nurnbergische Hesperides
Flowers Flowers
Title in Ribbon: [Flowers]
Plate Number: 224
Buildings named in body of Print: Scharrau, Morizerberg, Leimburg
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Title in Ribbon: [Flowers]
Plate Number: 216c
Buildings named in body of Print: Kleus hamer, Zabels hoff
Engraver: P. Decker
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Leonurus Momordica Ceylandica
Title in Ribbon: Leonurus
Plate Number: 232b
Buildings named in body of Print:
Die Gegend bey Allerspach
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Title in Ribbon: Momordica Ceylandica
Plate Number: 244b
Buildings named in body of Print:
Buildings/owners named in Bottom margin: Das Schlosslein in Steinbuhl
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Pistaccia Datura Ægyptia
Title in Ribbon: Pistaccia [Pistachio]
Plate Number: 242
Buildings named in body of Print: Furth
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Title in Ribbon: Datura Ægyptia
[Egyptian Datura]

Plate Number: 232a
Buildings named in body of Print: Dumenberg, S. Lobst
Engraver: P. Decker
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Johann Christoph Volckamer (1662-1744) (editor)
Dehne, F.P. Lindner, L. Glotch, et al. (engravers)
Botanical Prints
from Nurnbergische Hesperides
Nuremberg: 1708-1714
Hand-colored engravings
14 x 9 inches
Above flower prints sold; please inquire as to current inventory.

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Prints of citrus fruits, made during a time period in which it was fashionable among the aristocracy in Central Europe to grow these Mediteranean fruits despite the cold winter climate. Wealthy people built tall greenhouses or "orangeries" to shelter the trees during the winter, and had the plants moved outdoors in the summer. Volckamer's Nurnbergische Hesperides was originally issued in two volumes. The prints follow a distinctive format, in which prize varieties of citrus fruits in monumental scale float in the sky above bird's-eye views or the plants tower over Lilliputian landscapes of the formal gardens, palazzos and country houses where they were grown. The places shown are in Nuremberg and northern Italy, especially around Verona. Each specimen is decorated with a ribbon bearing its name The prints were engraved by various artists.

Condition: Generally very good, the colors bright, the paper with the usual light overall toning, some minor scattered wear, soiling, soft creases.

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