Berolini (Berlin), 1788. Folio-size (35.8 x 22.2 cm) delicately hand-coloured loose lithograph of plants with printed caption.

The Pharmaceutica is a very rare work; it is seldom found complete and even individual plates of plants are rare. The martagon or turk's cap lily is a very decorative plant, however, it is toxic to cats. Andreas Friedrich Happe (1733-1802) was a well-known artist, engraver, and naturalist as well as a pharmacist. He was born in Aschersleben and died in Berlin in 1802. He published a number of books on pharmaceutical botany of which the most important is his Botanica pharmaceutica… Berlin 1785 (-1806). This print of a lily is in very good condition, with a few a few, weak, marginal creases only. No spots, dents or chips present. The colouring is precise and accurate. Nissen BBI, 784. Stafleu and Cowan (under 2834) "Not seen".