Albrecht Meyer was a botanical illustrator noted for his more than 500 plant images in Leonhart Fuchs's De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes, published in 1542. Meyer collaborated with the painter Heinricus Fullmaurer and the engraver Veit Rudolph Speckle at the book, which, unusually for its time, named the contributing artists and included their portraits. It is considered one of the best illustrated books of all time and a masterpiece of the German Renaissance. It set a new standard for accuracy and quality, as well as being the first known publication of plants from the Americas, such as pumpkin, maize, marigold, potato, and tobacco. Plants were identified in German, Greek, Latin, and sometimes English. The book was initially published in Latin and Greek and quickly translated into German. During Fuchs' lifetime the book went through 39 printings in Dutch, French, German, Latin, and Spanish and 20 years after his death was translated into English. | |
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