Florilegium novum hoc est : variorum maximeque rariorum florum ac plantarum singularium unà cum suis radicibus & cepis, eicones diligenter in aere sculptae & ad vivum-ut plurimum expressae = New Blumbuch darinnen allerhand schöne Blumen und frembde Gewächs mit ihren Wurtzeln und Zwiebeln mehrer theils dem Leben nach in Kupffer fleissig gestochen zu sehen seind
Florilegium novum is a botanical picture book of rare flowers and bulbous plants, published in Oppenheim in 1611 by Johann Theodor de Bry, with text in Latin and German for a learned audience of collectors and gardeners. Its copperplate engravings show plants with roots and bulbs drawn singly on plain pages, with precise linework on leaves, petals and stems that a designer could use as clean botanical motifs.
