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Rosaceae - Prunus mume - Armeniaca mume - apricot
Vroege Japansche mume-abrikoos From: Tuinbouw-flora van Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen; bevattende de geschiedenis en afbeeldingen van nieuwe of merkwaardige planten, bloemen, vruchten, mededeelingen omtrent de kultuur in haren geheelen omvang, in betrekking tot Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen by Willem Hendrik de Vriese. Leiden, A.W. Sythoff, 1855, volume 1 (plate 1). Chromolithograph (sheet 245 x 341 mm with folds). Slightly foxed. Text enclosed. € 80
Only 3 volumes were published from 1855-1856 of this
finely illustrated work about the horticulure and floriculture of especially
Indonesia. The fine plates are by J. v. Aken, A. Brouwer, Q.M.R. Ver Huell and
A.J. Wendel, lithographed by A.J. Bos, Riocreux, P.W.M. Trap, A.J. Wendel and
Wohlfart. The author, Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806-1862), a Dutch botanist,
studied medicine in Leiden, practicing and lecturing in Rotterdam, was professor
of botany in Amsterdam and travelled in the Dutch East Indies from 1858-1861. ¶
Great flower books p. 80; Nissen BBI 2089; Stafleu & Cowan 16.422;
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