The work, printed in Vienna between 1770 and 1776, begins with a long frontispiece that explains its contents: Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis, seu plantarum rariorum quae in horto botanico vindobonensi Augustissimae Mariae Theresiae munificentia regia in Universitatis patriae excellens ornamentum publicamque utilitatem exstructo, coluntur, icones colouratae et succintae descriptiones. Cura et sumpibus Nicolai Josephi Jacquin botanices professoris (Botanical Garden of Vienna or coloured images and short descriptions of the rarest plants grown at the Botanical Gardens in Vienna, built thanks to the generosity of the Most Venerable Maria Theresa as a marvellous ornament for the country’s university and public utility. Edited and paid by Nicholas Joseph Jacquin, professor of botany).

It is a work in three volumes each comprising 100 chalcographic printed, coloured plates dedicated to the rare plants of the Viennese botanical garden. These images are real, scientific botanical illustrations: in most of the figures, next to the full-page image of the plant, its various parts (flowers, seeds, rhizome...) are individually portrayed.

The three volumes of the work are fully browsable on the Internet Archive, where there are digitised copies by the Missouri Botanical Garden: volume one, volume two, volume three.

Go to the catalogue entry.

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