Provenance
Bookplate of Georg August, Count of Erbach; bookplate of Kenneth Mackenzie; The Horticultural Society of New York; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 27-28 April 1987, no. 324); purchased (via Quaritch Ltd.) by NGA, 1987.
Accession Number
1987.26.1
Medium
1 vol: ill: mezzotint portrait of Scheuchzer, engraving opposite title page, title page, 26 pages introductory text (unnumbered), 276 pages text (numbered 1-276), 177 engravings (numbered 1-174 with 3 additional plates); plates are engraved by various artists after Füssli; border designs are after Preissler
Dimensions
page size: 38.3 × 24.4 cm (15 1/16 × 9 5/8 in.) | book: 39.1 × 26.5 × 6.5 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/16 × 2 9/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Credit Line
Epstein Family Fund
