Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia — Ferdinand Bauer

This elaborate botanical title page was created for Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin’s Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia. A tall ornamental oval surrounds the Latin lettering, while flowers, leaves, seed pods, butterflies, and small insects gather densely around its edges.

Crimson, yellow, orange, turquoise blue, pink, and deep burgundy give the composition an unusually vivid palette. The carefully observed natural forms contrast with the formal interlaced border and typography, placing the work between eighteenth-century botanical documentation and decorative art. The luxury second edition of Jacquin’s botanical work appeared around 1780–81, with the title-page illustration attributed to Ferdinand Lucas Bauer.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Ferdinand Lucas Bauer (attributed illustrator)
• Author: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
• Title: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia — Title Page
• Original title: Nicolai Josephi Jacquin Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia
• Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Date: Circa 1780–81
• Period: 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna (Vindobonae), Austria
• Medium: Botanical illustration / hand-colored title-page artwork

Framed Print Details

• Fine art printing: Professional 12-color fine art printing technology produces vivid, accurate colors with strong tonal depth and significantly greater nuance than standard 4-color inkjet printing.
• Paper: Smooth premium matte paper with a clean, glare-free finish.
• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
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