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One of our most beautiful books. A collection of the plants and flowers of the Carpathian Basin. Paul Kitaibel (1757-1817), the famous botanist made long journys in the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 18. century. During these trips, he collected and described the different plants, rocks and analized the mineralwater also. This work was the basis for the here demonstrated 3 volume, richly illustrated album.

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The original edition

If you like wine you must be familiar with the world famous Tokaj wine region in Hungary. As the saying goes: 'vinum regnum rex vinorum, king of wines, wine of kings'. This beautifully illustrated album was published in 1867 by the Tokaj-Hillfoot Winemaker Association. The album written in four languages (hungarian, german, french, english) is a must on every wine lover's bookself.

Te facsimile edition

The facsimile edition represents artistic value on its own with its maps and illustration attachments.

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About the original edition

At the time of its appearance this book  was a unique attempt to share knowledge about the different animals of the world with the hungarian public. Beforehand no work like this existed that would describe the different animals, birds as well as mammals with a scientific approach but at the same  time addressed to a wilder public. The remarkable illustrations make this book a very special one for any animal lover and for the hungarian speaking public it is a wonderful delight to read about the animals in old hungarian language. Published in 1841, Pest.

About the reprint edition

Printed digitally in hardcover binding.

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Springtime, slow and warm breezes, morning mist nurturing the freshly frown grass in the garden. A big cup of coffee and a good book on gardening. The know how is there in this beautifully written book, the reader gets to know everything about growing vegetables, flowers, grass, the tools, the methods, the tips and tricks. Written in 1664, all is there what you need to know today. With special recommendation to the ones interested in bio gardening.

Reprint edition

Digital printing, in hard cover with leather binding.

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Springtime, slow and warm breezes, morning mist nurturing the freshly frown grass in the garden. A big cup of coffee and a good book on gardening. The know how is there in this beautifully written book, the reader gets to know everything about growing vegetables, flowers, grass, the tools, the methods, the tips and tricks. Written in 1664, all is there what you need to know today. With special recommendation to the ones interested in bio gardening.

Reprint edition

The pages of this reprint edition were printed digital, the binding is harcover.

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The original edition

The original is a very scarce German edition of Martyn’s famous botanical work first published London 1728. The plates were re-engraved by Meyer but closely copied from the originals of Jacob van Huysum. The text is in Latin and German. The 1728 edition is the first botanical book illustrated with colour-printed plates. It is devoted to new species growing at the Chelsea Physic Garden and the Cambidge Botanic Garden, some of which had been brought from the Caribbean region by Dr. William Houston. Dunthorne calls the book ‘a rather amazing item’, because its plates are printed in colour in an early form of mezzotint. ‘The work is of particular interest as it contains some of the earliest examples of colour-printing from a single metal plate. Many of the prints in the ‘Historia’ are printed in green but some are printed in two or more colours from a single plate at one impression. All were afterwards touched by hand. Most of the plates are after Jacob van Huysum, a flower painter born at Amsterdam. He worked in England from about 1721 and was the brother of the famous Dutch flower painter Jan van Huysum. The plates depict plants from Cape of Good Hope (a few Pelargosiums and a Mesem), North America and the West Indies.

Nürnberg, printed by Andreas Bieling, 1752. Folio (495 x 350 mm). pp. (6), 24, with 50 colour-printed mezzotint plates finished by hand. Contemporary half calf, spine in 7 compartments with floral gilt ornaments and red gilt lettered label, speckled boards.

Reprint edition

Digital printing, in half canvas binding. The size of our edition is slightly smaller than the original.

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