Geissler; Christian Gottlieb (c.1729-1814); engraver
Date
1795-1804
Scope & content
Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting plants in the Linnaean class Tetrandria. Plants illustrated include; Epimedium, Leontice, Cornus, Oldenlandia, Amama, Isnardia, Trapa, Eleagnus, Brabeium, Elemifera, Hamamelis, Cuscuta, Hypecoum, Ilex, Coldenia. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sculps'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner