Fig Journal — Ehret 1750 Plantae Selectae & Macfarlane 1872 Ficus Carica Botanical Engraving

Georg Dionysius Ehret's Plate 74 for Plantae Selectae (Nuremberg, 1750), commissioned by physician Christoph Jakob Trew, titled "Fructificatio Ficus carica Linn." — not a portrait of the fig but a dissection, 57 distinct segments showing flowers and fruits at every stage of development, each opened to reveal the hidden architecture of the syconium — while the front cover features J. Macfarlane's coloured zincograph (c. 1872), a fruiting stem with whole and halved fruit framed by ornate Victorian botanical borders, and the back presents Ehret's plate: the fig not contemplated but comprehended, sectioned and mapped with the precision of a botanical scalpel.

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Product Details

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
• Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
• Weight: 250 g (0.55 lbs)
• Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print; small 0.5" × 0.5" production barcode on back

Perfect For

• Botanists and botanical artists studying fruit morphology and syconium anatomy
• Gardeners cultivating fig trees and documenting Mediterranean heritage plants
• Cooks and preservers recording seasonal fig recipes and culinary traditions
• Mediterranean travelers journaling through Italy, Greece, and sun-soaked landscapes
• Art historians and collectors of 18th-century botanical engraving
• A thoughtful gift for lovers of Ehret's botanical art and Enlightenment-era natural history