Trew, Christoph Jakob (1695-1769) 
Hortus nitidissimis omnem per anniain superbiens floribus 
sive Amoenissimorum florum imagines, quas magnis sumtibus 
collegit vir clarissimus Christophorus Jacobus Trew, ipso 
vero annuente in aes incisas vivisque coloribus pictas in 
publicum edidit Johannes Michael Seligmann. Der das ganze 
jahr hinduroh im schonsten flor stehende blumengarten, oder 
Abbildungen der lieblichsten blianen* Nurnberg, sumtibus 
haeredum Seligmann, 1750-86. 3 v. 190 [188] col. pi. 
F*. (Arn. iP.rb.j Mass. Hort. Soc.; Brit. Mus.j Brit. 
Mus. Nat. Hist.j Kewj Kat. Landb. Bib. K/benhavn (1898), 
p.617) 
Vol.II, III "edidit A, L. Wirsing." 
In Latin and German. 
The fact that this work was issued in parts 
from 1750-1786 and that copies in different 
libraries vary in dates and ntimber of plates 
makes it seem perhaps more confusing than it 
is. 1750 is usual for the beginning of the \ 
1st vol. Bib. Banks. 3:78 says that in its 
copy there is another t.-p. printed in 1768. 
This was evidently printed when the volume was 
finished. The Arn. Arb. indicates this by giving 
1768[50]-1786 as dates for its copy. Quaritch 
Cat. 400, no.1760, speaks of a copy which "has 
the 1751 title which was cancelled subsequently 
by that issued in 1768." The Brit. Mus. Nat. 
Hist., Kew, and Kat. Landb. Bib. KjZ^enhavn all 
give simply 1768-1786. All authorities seem 
to agree pretty well upon the date 1772 for 
V.2 and likewise upon 1786 for the completion 
of v,3. 
From the Arn, Arb, copy. Brunet 4:384, Kayser 
5:47, Dochnahl, p,158-159, and the Quaritch 
note which says that he has had a copy contain¬ 
ing 190 plates instead of the 180 accounted 
for by Pritzel, we have taken 190[188] plates 
as the complete nvimber. The note in Bradley 
Bib. 1:291, explains the number [188]:"There 
is only one plate for no,60-61 and one for 
121-122," The ^^ass. Hort, Soc, and Pritzel, 
both eds., give 180 platesj the K/benhavn 
copy has 170} while the Brit, Mus, and Kew 
catalogs do not give the number of plates in 
their copies. 
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