Annual Report 2010 LGT Bank in Liechtenstein Ltd., Vaduz

The illustrations in this report are details from
Jakob Walter, “Plate XII, title page of volume 12
of the Codex Liechtenstein”, 1798
Plate XII, title page of volume 12 of the Codex Liechtenstein
The fourteen-volume “Hortus Botanicus” is considered to be one of
the most important historical plant catalogs. Botanists spent almost
three decades collecting the plants of Lower Austria and Moravia, the
cultivated agricultural and ornamental plants, as well as greenhouse
flowers, and recording them in 2748 lifelike illustrations. Norbert
Boccius (1729–1806), a surgeon in Feldsberg, commenced the Codex
Liechtenstein (also known as the Hortus Botanicus) together with
other plant artists. Over half of the watercolors were painted by the
brothers Joseph (1756–1831), Franz (1758–1840) and Ferdinand Bauer
(1760–1826), who were among the most important natural history
artists of the time. Jacob Walter signs the plates for the first time
from volume 10. When Norbert Boccius gave the first twelve volumes
to Prince Alois I. in 1799 for his support of a hospital, it became the
Codex Liechtenstein.
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