{"product_id":"iris-sibirica-botanical-journal","title":"Arnold Dodel-Port Iris Sibirica Journal — 1892 Swiss Botanical Plates Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1892, the Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port published his \u003cstrong\u003eAnatomisch-Physiologischer Atlas der Botanik\u003c\/strong\u003e from the University of Zurich — one of the nineteenth century’s most extraordinary works of scientific illustration. Among its most celebrated plates were two chromolithographs documenting \u003cem\u003eIris sibirica\u003c\/em\u003e, the Siberian iris, with a dual ambition that no botanical publication had attempted so completely before: to show the plant from the visible beauty of its violet-blue flower to the invisible precision of its cellular anatomy, in a single pedagogical document designed for the university lecture hall. The first plate presents the iris in its full botanical complexity — flower, stem, leaf, and root system, each structure labelled with the clarity of a master teacher. The second extends the documentation into the microscopic: cross-sections, cellular structures, stages of pollen development, the inner architecture of the iris revealed with the authority of a Zurich laboratory.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDodel-Port worked in collaboration with his wife Carolina Dodel-Port, whose contribution as botanical illustrator and scientific collaborator was essential to the atlas’s success. Together they produced an atlas that was adopted by botany departments across Europe — in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and beyond — as the standard visual reference for the teaching of plant anatomy and physiology. The chromolithographic technique they used was, by 1892, at the height of its development: capable of rendering the fine detail of microscopic structures with a precision that no earlier printing technique could match, and of combining scientific accuracy with visual beauty in a manner that made the invisible architecture of plant life genuinely compelling to look at.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\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\u003eFront cover: Arnold Dodel-Port, \u003cem\u003eIris sibirica\u003c\/em\u003e, Plate 1 (1892) — chromolithograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack cover: Arnold Dodel-Port, \u003cem\u003eIris sibirica\u003c\/em\u003e, Plate 2 (1892) — chromolithograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBotanists, plant anatomy students, and natural history enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIris enthusiasts and perennial gardeners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollectors of 19th-century scientific illustration and chromolithographic atlases\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmirers of Swiss botanical science and the University of Zurich tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who appreciates the intersection of scientific rigour and visual beauty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beautiful gift for botanists, nature journalers, and botanical sketchers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Plates\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chromolithographic revolution that made this atlas possible, the pedagogical vision of Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port, and why the Siberian iris became the subject of one of the nineteenth century’s most ambitious works of botanical illustration — \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/arnold-dodel-port-1892-iris-sibirica-anatomisch-physiologischer-atlas-botanik\"\u003eread the full story on our blog →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":62831912059249,"sku":"25230091520157380160","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Arnold_Dodel-Port_Iris_Sibirica_Journal_on_Oak_Laboratory_Desk.png?v=1778533377","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/iris-sibirica-botanical-journal","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}