Botanical Prints

Botanical illustrations were created not just as part of the pursuit of scientific knowledge
but also as objects of considerable aesthetic beauty.

Basil Besler. [1613].
Superbly decorative prints from a seventeenth century herbal. Large folio. Ca. $1,800 to $5,000.

Johann Christoph Volckamer. 1708-1714.
Unusual prints showing citrus set against European landscapes. Small folio. $1,250 to $1,350.

Georg Dionysius Ehret. 1750-73.
Prints by the dominant botanical artist of the middle of the 18th century. Folio. Ca. $500 to $1,500.

Maria Sibylla Merian. 1726.
Exotic images of South American plants and insects. Folio. Ca. $1,500 to $5,000.

Pierre Joseph Redouté. 1801-24.
Exquisite prints by the greatest name in botanical prints. Folio and quarto. $300 to $3,600.

Joseph Dalton Hooker. 1849-51.
Images of the rhododendrons of the Eastern Himalayas. Folio. Ca. $600 to $975.

Dr. John Robert Thornton. 1799-1805.
Dramatic images with classical landscapes. Folio. Ca. $2,500 to $6,000.

Dr. John Robert Thornton. 1812.
Reduced versions of Thornton's famous Temple of Flora images. Quarto. $700 to $750.

J. J. Grandville. [1867].
Grandville's whimsical 'Flowers Personified.' Octavo. $125 to $135.