Berlin, the author, 1788. Folio-sized leaf (36.2 x 22.2 cm), with original printed and finely hand-coloured engraving of a pharmaceutical plant (printed area 23.6 x 18.6 cm).

A delicately hand-coloured plate of the yellow water lily, a aquatic plant native to northern temperate and some subtropical regions of Europe, northwest Africa, western Asia, North America, and Cuba. Today, the plant is known as Nuphar lutea, and, according to Wikipedia, under many vernacular names, including Beaver Lily, Beaver More, Beaver Root, Bobber, Bonnets, Brandy Bottle, Bullhead Lily, Can-dock, Cow Lily, Dog Lily, Ducks, Flatterdock, Frog Lily, Globe Lily, Gold Watch, Hog Lily, Holy-Trinity Lily, Horse Lily, Kelp, Large Yellow Pond Lily, Lis d’Eau Jaune, Marsh Collaid, Mooseroot, Mulefoot, Mulefoot Bonnet, Mulefoot Lily, Muleshoe, Nenuphar jaune, Pied de cheval, Pond Poppy, Spatterdock, Splatterdock, Three Colored Lily, Toad Lily, Tuckahoe, Tuckey, Tucky Lily, Water Collard, Wokas, and Yellow Lanterns. The "Farmaceutica" is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. This is one of the largest plates from this work. Some minimal toning in the lower margin, but generally in a very good, clean, condition with the original printing and colouring neat, detailed, and strong. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".