Botanical Study from Conrad Gessner's 'Historia Plantarum' — Guelder Rose & Honeysuckle (Facsimile)

RG-2026-119 · This reference is permanently assigned to this work.

Original 16. Jh (ca. 1555–1565), Faksimile 20. Jh

Technique: Faksimile-Druck (Farboffset) nach kolorierter Federzeichnung Reproduction
Publisher: Nach Conrad Gessner (1516–1565), Zürich; Faksimile-Reproduktion (Verlag auf Rückseiten-Etikett vermerkt)
Location: Switzerland
Dimensions: ca. 32 × 43 cm (frame size laut Foto)
Frame: Schmaler Goldrahmen mit braunem Passepartout
Condition: good

Price

from CHF 155

About the Work

Conrad Gessner (1516–1565) was Zurich's great Renaissance polymath and one of the fathers of modern botany — his unfinished 'Historia Plantarum' ranks among the most important natural-history picture works of the era. This finely reproduced facsimile vividly captures Gessner's working method: hand-coloured plant studies shifting between finished rendering and quick sketch, densely surrounded by his trilingual notes in Latin, German and English. A charming, history-rich wall piece with a genuine Zurich connection.

Provenance

A decorative framed facsimile after an original plant study from Conrad Gessner's famous 'Historia Plantarum', clearly identified as a facsimile reproduction by the label on the back of the frame. The sheet bears the original page numbers '384' and '326' and Gessner's characteristic trilingual handwriting, including the English name 'Great Woodbind' (honeysuckle). An appealing piece of Zurich's scientific history for the wall.

Inscriptions

Oben rechts: '384'. Unten rechts: '326'. Oben links: 'Sambucus aquatica hortensis A [a.b.] Schwan ballen: molij ... Mansfelt', 'b. eiusde floris [scap?]'. Rechte Mitte: 'Periclymenum hortense h[i]c.' und 'Anglice ... hunysuckels'. Unten links: 'Anglice · Hunny suckels · vel Great Woodbind.' Weitere deutsche Notizen zentral: 'Ein grossen ast ... und die beeri darneben ... an disem nit wachse'. Links: 'die beeri / somen ... / eadem sylvestris'

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