Antique Print-SOFT RUSH-SHEEP SORREL-WATER PLANTAIN-HORSE CHESTNUT-Hoffmann-1890

Original colour lithograph on a vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 28.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 24 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 11.2 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 9.4 inch.

Plate 23: ‘1. Flattersimse – 2. Gemeine Hainsimse – 3. Grosser Sauer-Ampfer – 4. Kleiner Sauer-Ampfer – 5. Gem. Froschloffel – 6. Rosskastanie.’ (1. Soft or Common rush – 2. Wood-rush – 3. Garden Sorrel – 4. Sheep’s sorrel, red sorrel, sour weed, and field sorrel – 5. Water-Plantain – 6. Horse Chestnut). From the German edition. This print originates from ‘Botanischer Bilder Atlas. Nach dem Naturlichen Pflanzensystem von de Candolle, Jussieu, Enlicher, Reichenbach…’ by Carl Hoffmann, published in Germany 1896. The lithographs are after watercolour drawings by P. Wagner and G. Ebenhusen. The Dutch edition is titled: ‘Onze Flora. Beschrijving van de Familien, voornaamste Geslachten en Soorten der in Nederland in het Wild groeiende, verwilderde, verbouwde en aangeplante Gewassen, alsmede van eenige fraaie en nuttige Midden-Europeesche Planten’, by A. C. Oudemans, published in The Netherlands by Thieme and Cie. in 1900.Artists and Engravers: Authors: German edition: Carl Hoffmann, German. Dutch edition: A.C. Oudemans, Dutch.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-SOFT RUSH-SHEEP SORREL-WATER PLANTAIN-HORSE CHESTNUT-HOFFMANN

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