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Blumenbuch

 
HOLLIS Number
Contributors
Funck, Magdelena Rosina, active late 17th century
Publication
[Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1692

Description

Digital Facsimile 

"Unique collection of very fine water colors of flowers [297], executed by Magdalena Rosina Funck, and dedicated by her to "the public library of the famous Altdorf University, for the remembrance of her humble name."--Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection documentation.

Gilt coat of arms with motto "tu ne de malis", on front cover and on back cover.

Dedication page has a wreath of tulips, carnations, and other flowers (all color) that records in German that the volume was offered by the author to the Universität Altdorf in 1692.

 

Language

German
 

Subject

Botanical illustration -- Early works to 1800; Flowers in art -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800