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Nepenthaceae - Nepenthes rafflesiana 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 8 + 9. Chromolithograph (sheet 247 x 315 mm with fold and foxed) and lithograph (sheet 160 x 247 mm). Text enclosed. € 75
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; Landwehr 210. www.meemelink.com · index · Nepenthaceae |