Fasciculus IV – Impatientia – Florilegium Primum 

Caelidonia, 6th century

Source: "Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarius, Leiden MS. Voss. Q.9."
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Apuleius

Madragora, 9th century

Source: "Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarius, Kassel"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Apuleius

Pedanius Dioscorides
De Materia Medica, 50-70 CE

Source: "De Materia Medica"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_materia_medica

Pedanius Dioscorides
De Materia Medica (Arabic Translation), 13th century

Source: "De Materia Medica, Arabic Translation"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_materia_medica

Chelidonia, 13th century

Source: "Medicina Antiqua, Codex Vindobonensis 93"
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicina_antiqua_(Codex_Vindobonensis_93)

Albrecht Meyer
Capsicum annuum, 1542

Source: "De historia stirpium commentarii insignes"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_historia_stirpium_commentarii_insignes

Albrecht Meyer
Hedgerow Rose, 1542

Source: "De historia stirpium commentarii insignes"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_historia_stirpium_commentarii_insignes

Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Caltha Palustris Flore, 1613

Source: "Hortus Eystettensis"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Eystettensis

Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Hortus Eystettensis, 1613

Source: "Hortus Eystettensis"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Eystettensis

Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
Hortus Eystettensis, 1613

Source: "Hortus Eystettensis"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Eystettensis

Emanuel Sweert (1552–1612)
Plate 66 from Florilegium, 1612

Source: "Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Sweert

Emanuel Sweert (1552–1612)
Plate 9 from Florilegium, 1612

Source: "Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Sweert

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Daffodils, Forget-me-nots and Butterflies, 17th - 18th century

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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
A Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, and Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar and Pupa, 17th-18th century
Black chalk, bodycolour and watercolour on vellum

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Stammbuchblatt mit Rose, 1675

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Straw Flower and Castilde, 1705
Watercolor and gouache

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
Duroia eriopila, 1705
Hand-colored copper engraving

Source: "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLIII"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sibylla_Merian

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)


Fungus with Fruiting-bodies Growing on Wood,
1744
Coloured etching

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Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
A Magnolia species: flowering stem with labelled floral segments, fruit and seed, 1737
Coloured etching

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
Plantae selectae, 1771

Source: "Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini, in hortis curiosorum nutrit, vol. 8: t. 73"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Dionysius_Ehret

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771)
Banksia serrata, 1773
Watercolour

Source: "Florilegia"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Parkinson

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771)
Metrosideros excelsa, 1770
Colour engraving, ink + watercolours on paper

Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840)
Lady's Slipper Orchid, 1792-1817
Watercolour

Source: "British Orchids"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Bauer

Pierre-Josephe Redouté (1759-1840)
Centifolia Rose, Anemone, and Clematis, 1802-1816
Watercolour

Pierre-Josephe Redouté (1759-1840)
Fritillaria imperialis, 1802-1816
Watercolour

Pierre-Josephe Redouté (1759-1840)
Rosa gallica flore giganteo, 1824
Painted engraving

Pierre-Josephe Redouté (1759-1840)
Fritillaria imperialis var. jaune, 1827
Watercolour

Source: "Choix des plus belles fleurs et des plus beaux fruits"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Joseph_Redout%C3%A9

Margaret Mee (1909-1988)
Clusia Grandiflora, 1956

Source: "Old and New South American Botanical Art"
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mee

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Stephanie Berni (1949-)
Australian Tree Fern, 2004
Watercolour on pencil

Source: "Highgrove Florilegium"