Icones Plantarum Medicinalium, Medlar, Plenck, c 1790
'Mesipilus Germanica, Die Deutsche Mispel'
Original, hand coloured copper engraving of a Medlar by Joseph Jacob Plenck.
From 'Icones Plantarum Medicinalium', published in Vienna by Rudolph Græffer & Soc.
Joseph Jacob Plenck was an Austrian physician and the founder of modern dermatology.
In 'Icones Plantarum Medicinalium', Plenck described the medical properties of all of the known herbal plants alongside beautiful engravings.
Date: c1790
Size: 320 x 480 mm
Price £250.00 including tax
Code : APNH0422
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