Botanical book. Ehret. Flower Painter Extraordinary. Gerta Calmann

by Calmann, Gerta

18th century Botanical illustrator, George Dionysius Ehret.
Ehret. Flower Painter Extraordinary.  Gerta Calmann
First United States edition. Published by Little, Brown and Company for New York Graphic Society, Boston. (Originally published in England by Phaidon Press Ltd) ISBN 0-8212-0707-5.
Dust Wrapper in good condition except for slight fading of spine. Contents, as new.

"Georg Dionysius Ehret was a genius in a very limited field, the drawing of plants.. in an age in which botanical illustration was highly prized, Ehret became the foremost botanical illustrator." His fine hand-coloured copperplate engravings were technically skilful, scientifically correct, and some of the most interesting botanical antique prints ever done.

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