{"product_id":"rabel024","title":"Hyacinth","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Author: \u003c\/b\u003eDaniel Rabel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWork: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheatrum Florae\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDate of Publication: \u003c\/b\u003e1771\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle: \u003c\/b\u003eEngraving\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaper Size: \u003c\/b\u003e~ 12 3\/4\" by 19 3\/4\"; Image ~ 8 1\/2\" by 14\" (Varies slightly)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition: \u003c\/b\u003eThe work is in very good to excellent condition overall.  There may be a few minor imperfections or faint marks or fox marks to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription of the work:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis exquisite botanical engraving is from Daniel Rabel's \u003cem\u003e Theatrum Florae\u003c\/em\u003e.  It's considered the unacknowledged fourth edition of the work that was bound with Maria Sibylla Merian's work entitled \u003cem\u003eHistoire Generale des Insectes de Surinam...\u003c\/em\u003e for the Buc'hoz \u0026amp; Desnos 1771 printing. It was published in Paris by Chez L. C. Desnos in 1771.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work is the rarest of Desnos's extraordinary publications.  \"The plates in \u003cem\u003eTheatrum Florae\u003c\/em\u003e are indeed magnificent... While the images clearly owe much to the earlier florilegia of Vallet and de Bry, certain illustrations stand out due to their exceptional artistic quality and almost scientific realism...\" ( Oak Spring Flora)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRabel's name was omitted from the work in earlier editions (1622, 1627, and 1633). He only began getting the credit and re-attribution of this work to him in the last 70 years. Blunt considered Rabel to be one of the two greatest French botanical artists of the 17th century, noting that his work, along with that of his successor Nicolas Robert, was 'consummate in its perfection.' (The Art of Botanical Illustration p.114)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trillium Rare Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43765843034186,"sku":"rabel024","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7960\/7882\/files\/rabel024.jpg?v=1782933355","url":"https:\/\/trilliumrareprints.com\/products\/rabel024","provider":"Trillium Rare Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}