Antique Print-CANELLA ALBA-WHITE CINNAMON-BUDS-SEED PODS-von Essenbeck-1820

This print shows a view on the plant Canella alba, white cinnamon, with different flower stages (buds, open flowers and seed pods).

Made by an anonymous engraver after von Essenbeck.

Medium: Lithograph with hand colouring on wove paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 30.7 x 48.7 cm (12.09 x 19.17 inch). Image size: 30.7 x 48.7 cm. (12.09 x 19.17 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brown edges and brown spots. Creases. Fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

FLOWER-PLANT-CANELLA ALBA-WHITE CINNAMON-BUDS-SEED PODS | RBOS-T.45-LARGE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published in the Handbuch der Botanik from Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858). He was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species (almost as many as Linnaeus himself). ca 1820.