Horti academici Lugduno-Batavi catalogus

HERMANN, Paul. Catalogue of Europe's leading botanic garden. Many of the specimens collected by the author in Africa and Ceylon are illustrated here.

Editore: Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn, 1687

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Horti academici Lugduno-Batavi catalogus exhibens plantarum omnium nomina, quibus ab anno 1681 ad 1686 hortus fuit instructus ut & plurimam in eodem cultarum & . nemine hucusque editarum descriptiones & icones. Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn, 1687. 8vo. [18] + 699 + [1]p. Engraved frontispiece by A. de Blois after W. van Mieris & 107 full-page engravings. Woodcut or¬naments and initials, printer s device on title. Vellum. First edition of this catalogue of Europe s leading botanic garden. Many of the specimens Hermann collected in Africa and Cey¬lon are illustrated in the work. Whilst director of the botanic garden at Leiden (1679-95) he considerably increased the number of species there to about 3000, and he reorganized the garden on more systematic lines under the influence of Robert Morison whom he had visited at Oxford. The first glasshouses were built during Hermann s directorship, between 1680 and 1687,and he notes in his dedication that that these were heated and well-equipped to care for the influx of exotic and tender plants. The excellent plates are engraved in fine detail and inscribed above in Latin. This volume would appear to be the same later issue as the Hunt copy with 107 engravings. The Harvard copy and Nissen reference cite 106 plates. A very good copy. Flora Africana 94; Hunt 378; Nissen 859; Pritzel 3991.

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• Titolo: Horti academici Lugduno-Batavi catalogus
• Editore: Leiden, Cornelius Boutesteyn
• Data di pubblicazione: 1687
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: 1st Edition
• Condizione: Very Good
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: No Jacket