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JACQUIN, J.F. (Baron von). Eclogae Plantarum Rariorum aut minus cognitorum quas ad vivum descripsit et iconibus coloratis illustavit... Vienna, Anton Strauss for the author, 1811-16. Folio (514 x 348mm). pp. viii, 155, with 101 hand-coloured engraved plates; First edition, large-paper deluxe issue on papier vélin, with an Imperial presentation inscription,of the major publication of Joseph Franz, son of and botanical successor to Nikolaus Joseph. Like his father's publications, this work features rare exotics recently introduced into cultivation in the Imperial gardens, including many South African species. Joseph Franz (1766-1839) had succeeded his father as director of the Schönbrunn gardens, and employed many of the same plant collectors as had worked for his father. A second volume, containing a further 67 plates, was published posthumously in 1844 by Eduard Fenzl and the author's daughter Isabella Schreibers, and is often missing (as for example from the Austrian National Library). This work is exceptionally rare, the Plesch-de Belder copy being the only one on the market in the last 50 years. Provenance: an Imperial gift from the Emperor Ferdinand I to the library of Olmütz, inscribed Ex munificentia Summi Imperantis Ferdinandi I 1837 with shelfmark on endleaf; stamp on title of the Imperial Library of Olmütz (Biblio: Caesareae Olomucii) and later stamp of same library with release on verso of title Nissen BBI 969; Great flower books p 61; Stafleu and Cowan 3236; GV 66 215 (vol 1 only); Sammlungen der vereinten Familien- und Privat-Bibliotheken Sr. M. des Kaisers, vol II 260 (vol 1 only); Wurzbach IX 25 (vol 1 only); Österreichs National-Encyklopädie III 5 (vol 1 only) |
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JACQUIN, N.J. Collectana Austriaca ad Botanicam, Chemicam et Historiam Naturalem spectantia, cum figuris. Vindobonae, Officina Krausiana/ Officina Wappleriana, 1786-1796. 5 volumes (including the supplement). 4to. (1) pp. 386; (2) pp. 374; (3) pp. 306; (4) pp. 359; (5) pp. 171. With 106 engraved plates, all but 8 coloured by hand. Nissen
BBI, 970; Hunt 681. A fine copy in very attractive Viennese
contemporary bindings. The work is a sequel to Jacquin's 'Icones
Plantarum Rariorum' and describes a.o. plants figuring in that
work. The plates of the 'Collectana' as in all other works of
Jacquin are of a very high quality and belong to the best of this
Golden Period of Viennese natural history book production. The
British Museum Natural History Catalogue gives an exact listing
of its contents. "Contains figures of several Cape plants,
and descriptions of many others of which the figures only appear
in the 'Icones plantarum rariorum' (Kerkham. Southern Botanical
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JACQUIN, N.J. Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Vienna, Friederich Wappler, 1781-1793. 3 volumes (465 x 300mm). Folio. With 649 handcoloured engraved plates, many folding. First
edition of one of Jacquin's most beautiful and decorative works
and with its 649 plates, Jacquin's largest publication. Many
copies of the work remained incomplete due to the turbulent
political climate in Europe at that time. For this publication
Jacquin was able to employ Franz and Ferdinand Bauer. Jacquin is
credited for the fact that he 'discoved' the Bauer brothers'
talents. He, however, was unable to retain their services.
Ferdinand started to work on Sibthorp's 'Flora Graeca' and Franz
was lured away by Sir Joseph Banks. Franz Bauer was to become the
'greatest botanical artist of all times' according to Blunt.
Their plates in the present work, although unsigned, are easily
recognisable for those qualities of detail and depth that
distinguish their later work. Two other artists involved in this
work are Joseph Hofbauer and Joseph Scharf, who also contributed
to Jacquin's other works. Nicolaus Joseph Jacquin (1727-1817) was
born at Leiden and as did many Dutchmen at that time, sought his
fortune in Vienna. His career is closely associated with the
history of the imperial gardens at Schönbrunn. He was
appointed director of the Schönbrunn- and University Gardens
by Empress Maria Theresia. This last garden under Jacquin's
direction soon became the most celebrated garden of its day. 'In
due course, gigantic glasshouses were erected where, as a French
traveller relates, "tropical birds, flying among palm-trees,
bamboos and sugar-canes, gave the illusion that the visitor had
been transported into the heart of America."' (Blunt &
Stearn). The 'Icones Plantarum Rariorum' is devoted to the
depiction of rare plants, mostly recently introduced exotics
growing in the Schönbrunn Gardens. 'Many South African
plants are illustrated' (Kerkham, South African Botanical
Literature. 316). The work also features many tropical American
plants and plant collectors were sent out all over the world to
collect plants. Schall for example remained twelve years at the
Cape, during which time he sent frequent consignments of bulbs
and seeds to Vienna. The book was first planned as one volume but
enlarged to two and finally three volumes as a flood of new
plants were arriving at Schönnbrunn, which had not yet been
portrayed. The editions of Jacquin's works have been very small
and were out of print immediately after publication. 'Wie bereits
erwähnt, waren Jacquin's Werke stets bald nach Erscheinen
vergriffen. Bezüglich der Icones wird dies auch in der
'Nachricht' J.F. v. Jacquins bestätigt. Ihre Seltenheit wird
auch in den Bibliographien der Zeit betont und noch in den
folgenden Jahren auch durch Suchanzeigen bewiesen"
(H.Dolezal, Zur Editionsgeschichte der Icones Plantarum
Rariorum.. in 'Festschrift für Claus Nissen' pp. 136-172).
Nissen himself describes the work as 'das schönste Denkmal
des goldenen Zeitalters der österreichischen Botanik'. Great
Flower Books p. 61; Junk Rara p. 41; Nissen BBI, 974. |
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JACQUIN, N.J. Miscellanea Austriaca ad Botanicam, Chemiam et Historiam Naturalem spectantia. Vindobonae, ex Officina Krausiana, 1778-1781. 2 volumes (bound in one). 4to. pp. (4), 636, with 44 (4 folded) handcoloured engraved plates. Nissen
BBI, 975; Stafleu & Cowan 3248. A beautifully illustrated
work of the Dutch born Austrian Baron Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
(1727-1817), who was professor of botany and chemistry at the
University of Vienna (enobled in 1806). Jacquin was the most
important exponent of the Viennese school of Natural History
illustrations. Unlike the title suggests the work almost entirely
deals with botany, only one plate is dedicated to entomology. The
drawings for the plates were made by Jacquin and the engravings
(but only a few so signed) by Adam. "Includes Cape plants"
(Kerkham. Southern Botanical Literature 1600-1988, No. 317). A
very good copy. |
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JACQUIN, N.J. Observationum botanicarum, iconibus ab auctore delineatis illustratarum. Vindobonae, ex Officina Krausiana, 1764-1771. 4 parts (bound in 1). Folio. pp. (8), 48; (4), 32, (2); (4), 22; (4), 14, with 100 (36 folded or double-page) fine engraved plates and 4 title-vignettes Dunthorne 149; Hunt 586; Nissen BBI, 976; Pritzel 4364; Stafleu & Cowan 3244. First and only edition. This beautifully illustrated work describes plants newly discovered or previously imperfectly described, many from the Caribbean region. The plates were executed by Wagner after drawings by Jacquin himself. A very fine entirely uncut copy. |
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JACQUIN, N.J. VON. Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quae in horto botanico Vindobenensi. Viennae, L.J. Kaliwoda, 1770-1776. 3 volumes. Folio (470 x 290 mm). With one engraved handcoloured plan of the garden and 300 handcoloured engraved plates. First
edition, a large and superbly bound copy of the first of the
great Jacquin colour-plate books, issued in an edition of 162
copies only (the present copy is numbered 143). This sumptuously
produced work was issued under the patronage of the Empress Maria
Theresa and shows ornamental and economic plants, both European
and exotic growing in the Vienna Botanic Garden. The fine and
decorative plates are by Franz Scheidl, an artist of great
talent, who became Jacquin's principal artist and helped to
establish the Jacquin style of botanical illustration. 'When in
1769 Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and widow after
Emperor Franz I, appointed the forty-two-year old Dutchman
Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin professor of chemistry and botany at the
University of Vienna, nobody foresaw that this man was
substantially to dominate botany in this city for almost half a
century. Jacquin, who after R. Laugier became second director of
the botanical garden, also founded by Maria Theresa and belonging
to the University of Vienna, is considered to be the actual
creator of this institution, which today... is still situated in
the same location in the immediate vicinity of two further
gardens: the grounds of Schloss Belvedere, built for Prince
Eugene of Savoy, and the garden of the palace of the Princes
Schwarzenberg. Jacquin quickly succeeded in enriching his garden
by new acquisitions from all over the world and in publicising it
with his 'Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis. Gratefully dedicated to
Maria Theresa, this work comprises descriptions and illustrations
of three hundred selected plants cultivated in the botanical
garden of the University of Vienna' (100 Botanische Juwelen 43).
Nissen BBI 973; Great Flower Books p. 61; Stafleu and Cowan
3246'. See Oberhummer, in Studien zur Geschichte der Uinversität
Wien 3, 1965, pp 140-155 |
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JACQUIN, N.J. VON. Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis seu Plantarum Rariorum quae in horto botanico Vindobenensi. Viennae, L.J. Kaliwoda, 1770-1776. 3 volumes. Folio (470 x 290 mm). With one engraved handcoloured plan of the garden and 300 handcoloured engraved plates. First
edition, a large and superbly bound copy of the first of the
great Jacquin colour-plate books, issued in an edition of 162
copies only (the present copy is numbered 143). This sumptuously
produced work was issued under the patronage of the Empress Maria
Theresa and shows ornamental and economic plants, both European
and exotic growing in the Vienna Botanic Garden. The fine and
decorative plates are by Franz Scheidl, an artist of great
talent, who became Jacquin's principal artist and helped to
establish the Jacquin style of botanical illustration. 'When in
1769 Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia and widow after
Emperor Franz I, appointed the forty-two-year old Dutchman
Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin professor of chemistry and botany at the
University of Vienna, nobody foresaw that this man was
substantially to dominate botany in this city for almost half a
century. Jacquin, who after R. Laugier became second director of
the botanical garden, also founded by Maria Theresa and belonging
to the University of Vienna, is considered to be the actual
creator of this institution, which today... is still situated in
the same location in the immediate vicinity of two further
gardens: the grounds of Schloss Belvedere, built for Prince
Eugene of Savoy, and the garden of the palace of the Princes
Schwarzenberg. Jacquin quickly succeeded in enriching his garden
by new acquisitions from all over the world and in publicising it
with his 'Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis. Gratefully dedicated to
Maria Theresa, this work comprises descriptions and illustrations
of three hundred selected plants cultivated in the botanical
garden of the University of Vienna' (100 Botanische Juwelen 43).
Nissen BBI 973; Great Flower Books p. 61; Stafleu and Cowan
3246'. See Oberhummer, in Studien zur Geschichte der Uinversität
Wien 3, 1965, pp 140-155 |