Johann Theodor de Bry and Matteus Merian - Florilegium renovatum et auctum: Das ist Vernewertes und vermehrtes Blumenbuch "Scirpus Caespitosus"

"Scirpus Caespitosus"

He is best known for his extensive work in botanical illustration

Explanation of Anatomical Images

The remarkable plates which illustrate this work

"Picris Echioides"

Johann Theodor de Bry and Matteus Merian - Florilegium renovatum et auctum: Das ist Vernewertes und vermehrtes Blumenbuch "Scirpus Caespitosus"Description: Johann Theodor de Bry and Matteus Merian Florilegium renovatum et auctum: Das ist Vernewertes und vermehrtes Blumenbuch. Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1641 [1644]. "Florilegium renovatum is a much richer work than the earlier Florilegium novum, many illustrations from other sources having been added to de Bry's seventy plates. The allegorical title page and the first thirty two platesillustrating parterres, urns of flowers and gardening