Botany album 4 — Apothecary Plants - 48 prints
Medicinal, exotic, and botanical specimens from a German pharmaceutical atlas of the 19th century
A curated collection of botanical engravings reproduced from a German pharmaceutical reference work of the late 19th century.
The plates document medicinal, toxic, aromatic, and economically important plants studied by pharmacists during a period when botany, chemistry, and medicine remained deeply interconnected.
About the visual material
The collection includes both familiar and lesser-known species, ranging from Cinchona, Vanilla planifolia, and Theobroma cacao to historically important medicinal plants such as Strychnos nux-vomica, Physostigma venenosum, and Smilax syphilitica.
Together, the images form a remarkable visual survey of the botanical foundations of 19th-century pharmacology.
About the engraving quality
The engravings are of exceptional printing quality, with unusually sharp linework and tonal precision rarely preserved so consistently in historical botanical publications.
The clarity of the original plates allows fine structural detail to remain visible even at large size.
Why this set exists
Pharmaceutical botany occupied a unique position between scientific observation, commerce, medicine, and exploration.
This set preserves not only botanical information, but also a historical moment when plants were studied simultaneously as remedies, poisons, commodities, and objects of scientific curiosity.
Visual approach
Each plate has been carefully restored and prepared in high resolution while preserving the printed character and scientific elegance of the original atlas.
Who this set is for
Ideal for:
– Botanical and medical history
– Herbalism and pharmacological research
– Editorial and publishing projects
– Educational and museum contexts
– Decorative interiors with scientific character
– Collectors of historical botanical illustration
48 high quality high resolution botanical images, zip file of 162 MB to download