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Berolini (Berlin), 1788. Folio-size (35.8 x 22.2 cm) delicately hand-coloured loose lithograph of plants with printed caption. = The Pharmaceutica is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. The martagon or turk's cap lily is a very decorative plant, however, it is toxic to cats. Andreas Friedrich Happe (1733-1802) was a well-known artist, engraver, and naturalist as well as a pharmacist. He was born in Aschersleben and died in Berlin in 1802. He published a number of books on pharmaceutical botany of which the most important is his Botanica pharmaceutica Berlin 1785 (-1806). This print of a lily is in very good condition, with a few a few, weak, marginal creases only. No spots, dents or chips present. The colouring is precise and accurate. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".…

Berlin, the author, 1788. Folio-sized leaf (36.2 x 22.2 cm), with original printed and finely hand-coloured engraving of a famous pharmaceutical plant and spice (printed area 20.5 x 18.0 cm). = A delicately hand-coloured plate of a pepper plant, Capsicum annuum. Native to southern North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America, this species is the most common and extensively cultivated of the five domesticated capsicums. it is both of culinary and medical importance. This plate is numbered 49. The Pharmaceutica is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. One pepper is shown half green, half red, representing the unripe and ripe state. A few weak creases, some minimal spotting and soiling, faint writing below the caption, ouside the printed surface, but generally in a very good, clean, condition with the original printing and colouring neat, detailed, accurate, and strong. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".…

Berolini (Berlin), 1788. Folio-size (35.8 x 22.2 cm) delicately hand-coloured loose lithograph of plants with printed caption. = The Pharmaceutica is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. This "everlasting beauty" (its Latin name), has a very long flowering season and will even adorn lawns with its pretty flowers in the middle of mild winters. Andreas Friedrich Happe (1733-1802) was a well-known artist, engraver, and naturalist as well as a pharmacist. He was born in Aschersleben and died in Berlin in 1802. He published a number of books on pharmaceutical botany of which the most important is his Botanica pharmaceutica Berlin 1785 (-1806). This print of a daisy is in very good condition, with a few very small spots and some very weak, marginal creasing only. No dents or chips present. The colouring is precise and accurate. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".…

Berlin, the author, 1788. Folio-sized leaf (36.2 x 22.2 cm), with original printed and finely hand-coloured engraving of a pharmaceutical plant (printed area 23.6 x 18.6 cm). = A delicately hand-coloured plate of the yellow water lily, a aquatic plant native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, western Asia, North America, and Cuba. Today, the plant is known as Nuphar lutea, and, according to Wikipedia, under many vernacular names, including Beaver Lily, Beaver More, Beaver Root, Bobber, Bonnets, Brandy Bottle, Bullhead Lily, Can-dock, Cow Lily, Dog Lily, Ducks, Flatterdock, Frog Lily, Globe Lily, Gold Watch, Hog Lily, Holy-Trinity Lily, Horse Lily, Kelp, Large Yellow Pond Lily, Lis d'Eau Jaune, Marsh Collaid, Mooseroot, Mulefoot, Mulefoot Bonnet, Mulefoot Lily, Muleshoe, Nenuphar jaune, Pied de cheval, Pond Poppy, Spatterdock, Splatterdock, Three Colored Lily, Toad Lily, Tuckahoe, Tuckey, Tucky Lily, Water Collard, Wokas, and Yellow Lanterns. The "Farmaceutica" is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. This is one of the largest plates from this work. Some minimal toning in the lower margin, but generally in a very good, clean, condition with the original printing and colouring neat, detailed, and strong. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".…