1346 - Trew,Ch.J.

Trew,Ch.J. Uitgezochte planten. [Plantae Selectae], beschreven door den wydvermaarden Christ. Jacob Trew. Na 't leven getekend door den beroemden. Georgius Dionysius EHRET. In 't koper gebracht en natuurlyk gekoleurd in 't licht gegeven door den konstryken schilder en plaatsnyder te Augsburg Joh. Jacob HAID. Uit her latyn vertaald en mer aantekeningen verrykt door Cornelius PEREBOOM. Amsterdam, Jan Christian Sepp, 1771. folio. 56 x 38 cm. With 100 col. Copper plates. 2 fol., 72 pp. Central hardcover with gilt embossing (cape somewhat damaged, rubbed, worn). Nissen BBI 1998, Pritzel 9499, Natur und Bild no. 140, Sitwell/Blunt, Great Flower Books p. 144, Hunt 539, Cat. Stiftung für Botanik Arpad Plesch 771. de Belder 363 - One of the most beautiful botanical works of the 18th century. The prints in splendid and detailed old coloring with depictions of exotic plants. "Thus these Plantae selectae have become the most beautiful German plant work; indeed, even among the works from abroad there are probably only a few that can compete with it" (Nissen). It appeared from 1750 onwards, leaf by leaf, which were then combined into decuria and were to make up a centuria in total. However, Trew did not live to see its completion; only the 7th decuria was finished in 1764-66, and from the 73rd plate onwards until 1773 the Altdorf professor B. Chr. Chr. Vogel published the work." (Nissen) - Title page in red and black. The main plant names are highlighted in gold on the plant plates. - Without the 3 portraits The first Dutch Edition Of Trew's Plantae Selectae. Full of EXOTIC AMERICAN SPECIMENS. George Dionysius Ehret ( 1708-1770), botanical artist, originally trained as a gardener, initially working on estates of German nobility, and painted flowers as a hobby, taught by his father; a good draughtsman. His first major sale of flower paintings came through Dr Christoph Joseph Trew, eminent physician and botanist of Nuremberg, who recognized his exceptional talent and became both patron and lifelong friend. Ehret sent him large batches of watercolors on the fine-quality paper Trew provided. In 1733 Trew taught Ehret the botanical importance of floral sexual organs and advised that he should show them in detail in his paintings. Many Ehret watercolors were engraved in Trew's works, such as Hortus Nitidissimus and Plantae selectae in part two of which Trew named the genus Ehretia after him. Folio ( 53,5 x 38 cm) vi. 72pp., with 100 hand-colored engraved plates by J.J. Haid after G.D. Ehret. One of the greatest eighteen-century botanical colorplate books. - The 3 portraits are missing.