Germany, Bavaria, ca. 1848. One cardboard "Title" with printed, and finely hand-coloured pictorial vignette, with a rectangular gilt paper border (verso pink), and 39 cards with dried (flowering) plants mounted (16.0 x 10.5 cm). Loose in a contemporary cardboard box (17.4 x 12.0 x 3.6 cm) resembling a book with the "spine" and "boards" covered in blue, white and silver patterned paper, and the "edges" full gilt. Front (top) board with diamond shaped vignette titled souvenir. Interior covered with iridescent pink paper. Preserved in a contemporary iridescent green wrapper and green paper covered slipcase with gilt edges (17.7 x 12.3 x 4.0 cm).

A wonderfully decorated, unique "Biedermeier" box containing 39 dried plants, mounted with narrow paper strips on 39 thin cardboard sheets. The plants are from Bavaria and Vorarlberg, and dated 1843-1847. Each plant comes with names and annotations following Linnaeus' classification, some with additional information on the location, mostly in the Lake Constance region and Upper Bavaria. Several individual plant parts broken off, slightly stained. Added: a slightly smaller sheet of paper with all the Latin plant species and family names written in ink in an old hand. The paper wrapper rather worn, with some tears; the cardboard box in very good condition, the front (top) board loose, but apparently as intended. The slipcase with some wear to the edges.