Johannes Zorn

10 hand-coloured copper engravings come from the first and only Dutch edition of the prestigious botanical work Images of the medicinal plants, published in Amsterdam between 1796 and 1800 by J.C. Sepp and Son. The prints are produced using the original copper plates, imported from Germany, from Johannes Zorns Icones plantarum medicinalium (1779–1784). They are distinguished in particular as the rarer Dutch edition by the refined, hand-coloured inking by the Sepp publishing family. Good. Slight spot, fresh colors, right margin of 4 with holes and browning 10 engravings – all depicted 1. Athamanta cervaria L. -> Hertswortel 2. Arum maculatum L. -> Spotted arum (sampling from browned right margin) 3. Tussilago farfara L. -> Colt’s-foot 4. Aesculus hippocastanum L. -> White horse-chestnut 5. Coffea arabica L. -> Coffee plant (Arabica coffee) - browned right margin with holes 6. Polytrichum commune L. -> Common haircap moss 7. Althaea officinalis L. -> Marshmallow (True marshmallow) - browned right margin with holes 8. Vitex agnus-castus L. -> Chaste tree 9. Lepidium sativum L. -> Garden cress 10. Asperula odorata L. -> Sweet woodruff Will be sent by registered post.

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