Antique Botanical Print of Phlox Carolina by Johannes Zorn 1785

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An original 18th century botanical print of Phlox Carolina, by Johannes Zorn's circa 1785. Presented in archival matt and contemporary … more An original 18th century botanical print of Phlox Carolina, by Johannes Zorn's circa 1785. Presented in archival matt and contemporary solid wood frame with gold finish. Measuring overall 12" x 15".
This lovely botanical engraving is from Johannes Zorn's Dreyhundert auserlesene Amerikanische Gewachse. The work was published in Nuremberg by Raspische Buchhandlung between 1785 and 1789. The work featured plants of America and the West Indies and were engraved on fine chain laid paper with original hand-coloring. The work was strongly composed of reduced engravings of Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's Selectorum stirpium Americanum historia. The engravings were completed by Louise Romer.
Please view our other antique botanical prints by Zorn framed alike to allow hanging in groupings.

Phlox carolina, the thickleaf phlox, is a species of flowering plant in the family Polemoniaceae. It is an herbaceous perennial growing to 1.2 m tall by 45 cm wide, with leaves to 13 cm long, and purple or pink flowers in summer. The specific epithet carolina refers to its native habitat in the eastern United States. less