BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Double Purple Rose

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Ever Blowing Rose

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

French Rose

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Large Moss Rose, etc.

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Red and White Centifolia

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

White Virgin Rose

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Yellow Centifolia

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.

BERTUCH Friedrich Johann Justin (1747-1822)

Yellow Rose

Specifications: Date: 1790-1810. Size: 9,5x8 inches. Style: Hand coloured copperplate engraving. Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Rose engraving selected from a German encyclopaedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch.

Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorisation of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopaedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.