Merian Botanicals (5) Setter Anyone who has walked an

Anyone who has walked an ocean beach constantly watches the sand for unusual shells that the tide casts ashore

Elwes wrote the text which included all known lilies at that time

Today these catalogs are the best record of what our fathers and grandfathers considered to be the well-dressed man

The 400 plates within Der Fruchtbringeden Gesellschaft Nahmen (1646) were each dedicated to a single flower

Readers who looked for records of the past in order to measure the progress of the present

Merian Botanicals (5) Setter Anyone who has walked anMERIAN BOTANICALS Matthaus Merian (1593 1650) produced one of the most beautiful engraved books of the 17th century. The 400 plates within Der Fruchtbringeden Gesellschaft Nahmen (1646) were each dedicated to a single flower, fruit or tree and set against a German town or landscape. The eight full color reproductions we have produced, make a wonderful grouping when framed in miniature. Merian Botanicals: Image: 6 x 7" Paper: 9. 25 x 10. 5"