> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 469](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333608) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9410-1) LSID 9410-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21608590) QID Q21608590 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Seboth, Joseph (1816-1883), Austrian botanical artist; educated at the Vienna Academy for fine arts; with Th. Kotschy in Asia minor 1859; artist for *Flora brasiliensis* and for Schott's works on Aroids. **Abbreviated name**: *Seboth* \[standard form in IPNI: *Seboth*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 254 (d. 28 Apr 1883); BL 2: 566, 715; BM 4: 1889; DTS 1: 278; Jackson p. 229, 408; NI 1826 (b. 12 Feb 1814), see also index in 2: (268; TL-1 /1177a; TL-2/1764, 3890, 8522, 8845; Tucker 3: 276. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1884: 39; Bot. Zeit. 41: 498. 1883 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 33: 206. 1883 (brief obit.). - Kanitz, A., Magy. növen. Lap. 7: 95-96. 1883 (obit not.). #### Composite works Seboth provided illustrations for many botanical works (see NI, index), such as: - (1) Fenzl, E., ed., *Reise Novara* 1868-1870, TL-2/1764. - (2) C.G.T. Kotschy, *Eich. Eur. Orient.* 1858-1862, TL-2/3890. ### Publications ##### n.11.586. Die Alpenpflanzen **Title** *Die Alpenpflanzen* nach der Natur gemalt von Jos. Seboth. Mit Text von Ferdinand Graf und einer Anleitung zur Cultur der Alpenpflanzen von Joh. Petrasch,... Prag (Verlag von F. Tempsky) \[vol. 4 also: Leipzig (G. Freytag)\] 1879-1884. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Alpenpfl.* **Notes** *Authors of text*: Ferdinand Graf (1833-1877), Johann Petrasch. *Publ*.: in 4 vols. each in 12 Hefte: *1*: Mar 1878-Jul 1879 (pl. 1-81 publ. by 1 Mar 1879; Bot. Zeit. Heft 1: 12 Jul 1878; Heft 12 (concluding vol. 1) Bot. Zeit. 22 Aug 1879; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1879), frontisp., \[i\], \[1\]-106, *pl. 1-100* (col. liths. auct.). *2*: Jul 1879-Apr 1880 (p. iv: 15 Apr 1880; Heft 13 (Heft 1 of vol. 2): Bot. Zeit. 22 Aug 1879; Heft 24 (concluding vol. 2) Bot. Zeit. 18-22 Apr 1881), frontisp., \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-68, *pl. 1-100* (id.). *3*. Aug 1880-Dec 1881 (p. iv: 15 Oct 1881; Heft 25 (Heft 1 of vol. 3): Bot. Zeit. 27 Aug 1880; Heft 36 (concluding vol. 3): 9-13 Jan 1882, Nat. Nov. Jan(1) 1882), frontisp., p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-63, *pl. 1-100* (id.). *4*: Jan 1882-Apr 1884 (Heft 37 (Heft 1 of vol. 4:) 9-13 Jan 1882; Heft 38 Nat. Nov. Apr(1) 1882; Hefte 47, 48 Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1884), frontisp., p. \[i\], \[1\]-70, *pl. 1-101* (id.). *Copies*: B-S, BR, 6(2-4), HH, M (vol. 1), MO, NY. *Ed. 2* of vol. *1*: Apr-Jul 1886 (Bot. Centralbl. 2-13 Aug 1886; Bot. Zeit. 30 Jul 1886; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1886), frontisp., \[i-iii\], \[1\]-106, *pl. 1-100. Copies*: G, HH. – "Nach der Natur gemalt von Jos. Seboth and Jenny Schermaul... Zweite verbesserte Auflage", Prag (F. Tempsky), Leipzig (G. Freytag). *English ed*.: 1879-1884, 4 vols. *Copies*: MO, NY. – "*Alpine plants* painted from nature by Joseph Seboth; the text by F. Graf, with an introduction on the cultivation of alpine plants, by J. Petrasch. Edited by Alfred W. \[William\] Bennett \[1833-1902, see TL-2/1: 171\], series 1-4,..." London (Swan Sonnenschein & Co.,...) s.d. *1*: 1879 (Nat. Nov. Oct(1) 1879), frontisp., p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[5\]-67, *pl. 1-100* (id.). *2*: 1880 (Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1880), frontisp., p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-56, *pl. 1-100* (id.). *3*: 1882 (Bot. Centralbl. 1882; Bot. Zeit. 26 Mai 1882), frontisp., p. \[1\]-59, *pl. 1-100.* *4*: 1884 (Bot. Centralbl. 29 Aug 1884; Nat. Nov. Jul(2) 1884), frontisp., p. \[iii\]-xii, 1-51, *pl. 1-101.* *Reissues*: German ed., vol. 1: 1886; English ed. 1: 1881, 1891 (Nat. Nov. Sep(1) 1891).