1768 Philip Miller Gardens Dictionary Botanical Prints

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Corona Imperialis flore pulchre luteo PML1 Reg. Price: ~~$235~~ Sale Price: $135	Amaryllis spatha multiflora corollis campanulatis equalibus genitalibus declinatis PML4 Reg. Price: ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $1454


Ferraria foliis lanceolatis PML29 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $125	African Blue Lily, Blue is slightly brighter than shown PML122 Reg. Price: ~~$245~~ Sale Price: $1454

Shooting Star, Meadia PML61 Reg. Price: ~~$215~~ Sale Price: $105	Alcea, Hollyhock PML78a Reg. Price: ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95

Arctotis ramis decumbentibus foliis lineari lanceolatus rigidis lubtus argenteis flore magno aureo, pediculo longissimo PML62 Reg. Price: $~~195~~ Sale Price: $95	Caprifolium germanicum flore rubello serotinum Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence PML54 Reg. Price: ~~$195~~ Sale Price: $95


Gladiolus foliis ensiformibus, floribus majoribus distantibus Gladiolus foliis linearibus, floribus distantibus, corollarum tubo limbis longiore PML47 Reg. Price: ~~$215~~ Sale Price: $115	Lilium foliis verticillatis brevibus, corollis capmanlatis, unguibus petalorum angustioribus, floribus erectis PML48 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $125


Helleborine Americanum PML69t Reg. Price: ~~$215~~ Sale Price: $115	Antholyza Folus PML125t Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence PML67 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~ Sale Price: $125

Rudbeckia foliis lanceolata-ovatis alternis indivisis, petalis radii integris Coreopsis foliis linearibus integerrimis PML71Reg. Price: ~~$215~~ Sale Price: $115	Othona foliis cuneiformibus, integerrium sessilibus, caule fruticoso procumbente, pendunculis longissimis, foliis lanceolatis integerrimis PML70 Reg. Price: $~~195~~ Sale Price: $95

Osteospermum foliis lanceolatis acute dentatis, caule fruticoso
Othonna foliis pinnatisidis, lacinus linearibus paralleliso
Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's
Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML67 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Doronicum foliis cordatis obtusis, radicalibus petiolatis, caulinis amplexicaulibus
PML71A Reg. Price: ~~$195~~
Sale Price: $95

Oenothera foliis lanceolatis dentatis, caule
Oenothera foliis ovato-lanceolatis planis
PML66 Reg. Price: ~~$215~~
Sale Price: $115

Aster carolinianus pilosus conyzoe coeruleae foliis, floribus luteis quasi umbellatium dispositis, Americanus procumbens bellidis minoris facie, by Ehret
PML69 Reg. Price: ~~$215~~
Sale Price: $115

Verbascum foliis radicalibus ovatis petiolatis, caulinis oblongis sessilibus subtus tomentosis serratis Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML103 Reg. Price: ~~$215~~
Sale Price: $125

Bidens, Calyce oblongo
Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML123 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Hypericum floribus trigynis, calycibus acutis,
staminibus corolla brevioribus, caule fruticoso
PML37 Reg. Price: ~~$195~~
Sale Price: $95

Buphthalmum Creticum
PML48t Reg. Price: ~~$195~~
Sale Price: $95

Tiger's Claw, Martynia caule ramoso foliis cordato-ovatis pilosis
Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's
Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML82 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Tomato, Solanum cauleinermi subfruticoso, foliis oblongo-ovatis
sinuatis utrinque glabris, floribus alaribus
PML83 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Hyoscyamus major, Henbane, Nightshade Family, Poison
PML42t Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Ricinus foliis peltatis, capsulis rugosis non echinatis, Castor Bean, Poison
PML24 Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Mandrake, Mandragora Poison
PML40t Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Poke Weed, Phytolacca Poison
Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's
Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML24t Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Anthurium
PML8t Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's
Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML51A Reg. Price: ~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Ixia Foliis
Watermark For Country & Liberty used in Thomas Jefferson's
Rough Draft of Declaration of Independence
PML51A Reg. Price:~~$225~~
Sale Price: $125

Buglossum PML64t
Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

Buglossum PML47t
Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

Aster
PML63a Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

Xeranthemum
PML46a Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

Calendula PML45t
Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

Linaria Hispanica procumbens, foliis unicalibus glaucis, flore flavescente,
pulchere striatro, labiis nigro purpureis
PML90 Reg. Price: $~~195~~
Sale Price: $95

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Philip Miller was considered the greatest gardener of his day. He was a member of the Society of Gardeners, founded in 1724, consisting of about 20 members, all luminaries of the horticultural world who named newly introduced plants, among other duties. When the foundation decided to publish an illustrated survey of these new plants, the task fell to Phillip Miller in 1724. The book was named the Gardeners Dictionary and was a very important horticultural milestone widely used for over 100 years. It became the forerunner of later Gardening Dictionaries. In 1775, Miller first published Figures of the Most Beautiful Plants Described in the Gardeners Dictionary. Among the illustrators were John Miller, Richard Lancake, and the renowned Georg Ehret, who married Miller’s sister in law.

We are offering prints from the original German edition Abbildungen der nützlichsten, schönsten und seltensten Pflanzen welche in seinem Gärtner-Lexicon vorkommen published in Nürnberg: Winterschmidt, 1768-1782. The watermarks in this work are a study in history with an intricate connection to the Declaration of Independence. There are four distinct, strong watermarks on this paper of Dutch origin, two of which are remarkable. The first is the watermark J Honig & Zoonen. Paper similar to this, from the same time, bearing the same watermark was used to issue the priceless broadsides made by John Dunlap, official printer to the Congress 1776. Most of the 24 known copies are in public institutions, but one found at a flea market in Adamstown, PA for $4 sold at auction for $2.42 million in 1990.

Thomas Jefferson himself penned his “Rough Draft” of the Declaration on Dutch paper bearing the watermark of a lion in an oval boarder with the letters Pro Patria Eiusque Libertate, or For Country and Her Liberty! This watermark is also well represented in our selection, and we will note each sheet. Thus, our buyers can obtain not only a fine antique print, but a part of the history of the United States!

Philip Miller Watermark

The prints are rare, hand colored copper plate engravings in excellent condition. They are folio size, measuring approximately 10 inches by 15 ½ inches. The paper is a superb, heavy chain lined antique white paper with very little foxing or other defects. As is our custom, we have presented the top prints from the issue for our discriminating collectors. ALL our prints are original antiques, and these are guaranteed to be the stated age of almost 250 years old. Enjoy!