{"product_id":"fig-hardcover-journal-matte-notebook","title":"Fig Journal — Ehret 1750 Plantae Selectae \u0026 Macfarlane 1872 Ficus Carica Botanical Engraving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1750, Georg Dionysius Ehret engraved Plate 74 for Plantae Selectae — the monumental botanical work commissioned by the Nuremberg physician Christoph Jakob Trew — and titled it \"Fructificatio Ficus carica Linn.\" It is not a portrait of the fig. It is a dissection: 57 distinct segments showing flowers and fruits at every stage of development, each opened to reveal the hidden architecture of the syconium — the inverted floral structure that makes the fig one of the most botanically singular fruits in the Mediterranean world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe front cover features J. Macfarlane's coloured zincograph of Ficus carica (circa 1872): a fruiting stem with whole and halved fruit revealing the honeyed syconium interior, framed by ornate Victorian botanical borders. The back cover presents Ehret's Plate 74 from Plantae Selectae (1750–1773): a comprehensive anatomical study rendered with Enlightenment rigour — the fig not contemplated but comprehended, opened, sectioned, and mapped with the precision of a botanical scalpel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNote: small production barcode (0.5\" × 0.5\") on back cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBotanists and botanical artists studying fruit morphology and syconium anatomy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGardeners cultivating fig trees and documenting Mediterranean heritage plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooks and preservers recording seasonal fig recipes and culinary traditions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMediterranean travelers journaling through Italy, Greece, and sun-soaked landscapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArt historians and collectors of 18th-century botanical engraving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thoughtful gift for lovers of Ehret's botanical art and Enlightenment-era natural history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead more about Ehret's botanical dissection of the fig: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/blogs\/new-old-time\/the-hidden-anatomy-of-the-fig-ehrets-botanical-dissection-in-plantae-selectae\"\u003eThe Hidden Anatomy of the Fig — Ehret's Botanical Dissection in Plantae Selectae\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":63619783557489,"sku":"10524844852531431154","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Fig_Journal_Ehret_1750_Ficus_Carica_Mediterranean_Terrace_Lifestyle.png?v=1779014044","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/fig-hardcover-journal-matte-notebook","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}