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Gemeine gelbe Schwertlilie. Iris inberbis lutea, nervo folii eminente Hall...

Knorr, Georg Wolfgang.
Nuremberg. 1780.
Engraving / etching, handcolored, plate mark 12 1/2 x 8 inches on sheet 16 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Old tape to verso of sheet (outside plate mark area) which has discolored a 3/4 inch section of the left margin, 3/4 inch tear to mid left and right edges (tear on left just entering plate area), soft toning form previous matting. A bold image of a yellow Iris from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's "Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis" which was published in Nuremberg in 1780. At lower right is the title in Latin, at lower left in German. (Dunthorne, "Fruit and Flower Prints" #172.). Item #48555

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