Corydalis fabacea

by Constantin Freiherr Von Ettingshausen, Alois Pokorny

$225 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A beautiful example from most important work produced by nature printing ever published Stafleu . To the modern eye this plate has an almost photographic beauty to it, which, in aesthetic terms, foreshadows the work of the great early-20th century photographers such as Man Ray. However, this achievement is almost certainly incidental as von Ettingshausen's intention was to present a detailed anatomical portrait using the highly exacting method of nature printing. John

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