John Parkinson was the last of the great English herbalists and one of the first of the great English botanists. He was apothecary to James I and a founding member of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in December 1617 and was later Royal Botanist to Charles I. He is known for two monumental works, Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris (Park-in-Sun's Terrestrial Paradise, 1629), which generally describes the proper cultivation of plants; and Theatrum Botanicum (The Botanical Theatre or Theatre of Plants, 1640), the most complete and beautifully-presented English treatise on plants of its time. One of the most eminent gardeners of his day, he kept a botanical garden at Long ACRE in Covent Garden, today close to Trafalgar Square, and maintained close relations with other important English and continental botanists, herbalists and plantsmen.
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris Print by John Parkinson
By John Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650) Original 17th century wood-cut prints by one of the first great English botanists. Original 17th century wood-cut...
Woodcut, Woodblock
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris Print by John Parkinson
By John Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650) Original 17th century wood-cut prints by one of the first great English botanists. Original 17th century wood-cut...
Woodcut
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris Print by John Parkinson
By John Parkinson
Located in London, GB
Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris by John Parkinson (1567-1650) Original 17th century wood-cut prints by one of the first great English botanists. Original 17th century wood-cut...
Woodcut
Leaf Plants, German antique botanical chromolithograph print.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Blattpflanzen I' (Leaf Plants) German chromolithograph, circa 1910. Key in German to the varieties at the bottom of the image. Central vertical fold as issued. 245mm by 305mm (s...
Lithograph
Clematis, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Clematis' Flowers are numbered with a key to the varieties below the image. Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Lithograph
$75
H 9.65 in W 12.01 in
Ornamental Plants, German antique botanical garden chromolithograph print.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Zierpilanzen II' (Ornamental Plants) German chromolithograph, circa 1910. Key in German to the varieties at the bottom of the image. Central vertical fold as issued. 245mm by 30...
Lithograph
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 39; Unidentified tree with moth, caterpillar and pupa. The Netherlands: 1705....
Watercolor, Engraving
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 6; Thistle and Moths. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in w...
Watercolor, Engraving
$420
H 28 in W 40 in
Coconut Palm Tree, Large Botanical Print, Tropical Style in Blue Tones, Limited
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a beautiful palm leave. Details: + Title: Coconut Palm Tree + Year: 2021 + Edition S...
Photogram, Other Medium, Paper
$5,300
H 12.88 in W 9.63 in
Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Plate No. 26; Cocoa plant, caterpillar, pupa, and butterflies. The Netherlands: 1705. En...
Watercolor, Engraving
$4,068
H 25.04 in W 18.59 in
PRÉVOST. Print from Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in London, London
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-...
Color, Engraving, Handmade Paper
$4,068
H 25.04 in W 18.59 in
PRÉVOST. Print from a Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in London, London
Original stipple engraving by Charles-Louis Ruotte, printed in colour and finished by hand. [Paris, 1805] Prévost came from a long line of French artists spanning 400 years. Jean-...
Color, Engraving
BESLER. A Group of Four Peonies.
Located in London, London
Four magnificent copper engraved plates with hand-colour from "Hortus Eystettensis", one of the earliest and most famous works in the field. [Nuremberg and Eichstatt, 1640]. The Hortus Eystettensis is a pictorial record of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, that of Prince Bishop of Eichstatt, Johann Conrad von Gemmingen. The garden was begun by Joachim Camerarius in 1596 and, after his death in 1598, completed by Basil Besler...
Copper
Human Eye, German antique medical anatomy wood-engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Auge des Menschen' (Human Eye) German wood-engraving, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)
Engraving
$4,500
H 20.63 in W 14 in
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: No.1:I; No. 2:1; II & III. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation. Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Watercolor, Engraving