Herrn Pitton von Tournefort ... Beschreibung einer auf königlichen Befehl unternommenen Reise nach der Levante
A German translation from 1777 of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort's account of his royal-commissioned journey to the Levant, a travelogue on archaeology and topography held by Heidelberg University Library. The plates are copperplate botanical engravings of Oriental plants, showing whole specimens with separate sketches of flowers, seed capsules and leaves, set in clean, ruled borders. A designer could draw on their precise, labelled botanical style, with each plant broken into its parts for an orderly, scientific layout.
