German botanical illustrators Fullmaurer, Meyer and Speckle

German botanical illustrators Fullmaurer, Meyer and Speckle. Albrecht Meyer (upper right) was a botanical illustrator noted for his more than 500 plant images in Leonhart Fuchs's 'De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes' (1542). Meyer collaborated with the painter Heinricus Fullmaurer (upper left) and the engraver Veit Rudolph Speckle (bottom) to produce this book, which, unusually for its time, named the contributing artists and included their portraits. It is considered a masterpiece of the German Renaissance, setting a new standard for accuracy and quality. It was the first known publication of plants from the Americas, such as pumpkin, maize, marigold, potato, and tobacco. Plants were identified in German, Greek, Latin, and sometimes English. This illustration is from 'New Kreuterbuch' (1563) by Fuchs.