Joannes Guilielmus Weinmannus.

I. Iac. Haid after Hirschman
Joannes Guilielmus Weinmannus.
Augsburg 1733
Mezzotint printed in blue.
320 x 200 mm
£250
A rare mezzotint of the German author of the monumental work of botanical illustration Phytanthoza Iconographia. Weinmann is depicted holding a flower up in front of his partly unbuttoned coat.. He wears a fine wig, and the design is elegantly framed with a decorative border.