Adam Ludwig Wirsing, Tulipa VIIII. (Nuremberg: Seligmann, 1767) 121834 Signed and dated

Signed and dated

Metropolitan

It was Chereau

along the northern coast of France

Alsatian engineer Claude Joseph Sauthier first accompanied Governor William Tryon to New York in 1771 to produce surveys of the region

Adam Ludwig Wirsing, Tulipa VIIII. (Nuremberg: Seligmann, 1767) 121834 Signed and datedAdam Ludwig Wirsing (German, 1733 1797) Tulipa VIIII. From Hortus Nitidissimis onem per annum superbiens floribus Nuremberg: Seligmann, 1767. Etching with original hand color 19 x 13 sheet; 31 x 25 framed This tulip was published in the famous flower book, Hortus Nitidissimis onem per annum superbiens floribus, one of the most famous large flower books published in the 18th century. This enormous rare series of beautiful flower prints, all hand