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Dracaenaceae - Dracaena draco 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, 1856, volume 3. Tinted lithograph (sheet 158 x 248 mm). Extensive text by H. Witte enclosed: De ouderdom der boomen, mentioning this specimen of Orotava on Teneriffe. € 45
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.
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