The pre-Linnean work, Plantae selectae, was written in Latin by Christoph Jacob Trew, illustrated by the draftsman Georg Dionysus Ehret, with the printmaker Johann Jakob Haid. Its ten volumes feature fifty-six double-page plates as hand-colored etched engravings.
This is Musa paradisiaca L., AB or ABB cultivar, identified by Musa specialist Markku Hakkinen.
Available in 8.5 x 11 inch and 13 x 19 inch sizes.