Paul Kitaibel: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae
After a career in the Austrian Army, Count Franz von Waldstein (1759β1823) devoted himself to botany and commissioned one of the most important works of the emerging science: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae. Written by Paul Kitaibel (1757β1817), professor of botany at the University of Pest, its three volumes are a summation of his years of travel and observation throughout Hungary, Croatia, and adjoining regions. This important text is decorated with 280 colored engravings detailing the flora, fauna, minerals, and even folklore of the regions he visited.
Paul Kitaibel: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae
This collection of the plants and flowers of the Carpathian Basin is one of the most beautiful books of its type. Paul Kitaibel (1757β1817), the famous botanist made long journeys in the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 18th century. During these trips, he collected and described the different plants, rocks, and analyzed the mineral water as well. This work was the basis for the 3 volumes presented here in this richly illustrated album. It contains 280 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates of which 16 fold out. This is a fine, unabridged, and unusually fresh copy of the first (and only) edition of this monumental study of the flora of Hungary and adjacent territories, including Croatia, with splendid graphics in the Viennese βJacquinβ style.
A Grand Botanical Research Project
The text is by Paul Kitaibel, professor of botany at the University of Pest. He spent much of his career roaming Hungary and collecting botanical, zoological, and mineralogical specimens as well as folklore. His collections of botanical and mineralogical specimens formed the basis for the natural history collection of the Hungarian National Museum. The work was financed by Count Franz Waldstein (1759β1823), an Austrian military leader who fought against the Turks in the Austro-Turkish War (1788β91), Russia, and various North African states as a Maltese knight. Beginning in 1789, he devoted himself to botany, travelling with Kitaibel through Hungary collecting plants, interspersed with military service. His herbarium is stored today in Prague. The water colors are signed by Hirscher and the plates are engraved by Karl Schutz after drawings by his son Johann.
Codicology
- Size / Format
- 3 volumes - 676 pages / 48.8 Γ 34.5 cm
- Origin
- Austria
- Date
- 1802β1812
- Epochs
- Style
- Language
- Illustrations
- 280 handcolored engraved plates
- Content
- Herbarium
- Patron
- Count Franz Waldstein (1759β1823)
- Artist / School
- Paul Kitaibel (1757β1817) (author)
Karl SchΓΌtz (engraver)
Johann SchuΜtz (1755β1813) (illustrator)
Andreas Schmidt (printer)
Viennese βJacquinβ style
Paul Kitaibel: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae
Salvia nutans
Commonly called βnodding sageβ due to its drooping bunches of blue flowers, Salvia nutans, is indigenous to the meadows of Central and Eastern Europe with a range extending as far as Siberia. Although rarely used in European gardens as an ornamental plant, it was imported to North America due to its peculiar and interesting clusters of overhanging flowers. The plant has since gone βwildβ and become naturalized in the states of Minnesota and New York.
Paul Kitaibel: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae
Waldsteinia geoides
Waldsteinia is a genus of Rosaceae, the rose family, which appears in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere across the world. It is sometimes referred to as βbarren strawberryβ due to its appearance, especially when its yellow flowers are not in bloom. Thanks to its hearty root system, three varieties are cultivated as perennial ground cover in gardens in North America, Europe, and Asia, respectively.
The European variety, Waldsteinia geoides, is indigenous to the southeast of the continent and its range extends from Hungary and Croatia to the western regions of Ukraine. At the top of the page, the five stages of the plantβs flowering period, which occurs from April to May, is depicted in detail from bud to seed.
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