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Amaryllis spatha multiflora [?] From: Histoire universelle du règne végétal, ou nouveau dictionnaire physique et économique de toutes les plantes qui croissent sur la surface du globe; … by Pierre Joseph Buchoz. Paris, Brunet, 1775-1780. Engraving with plant names (uncut sheet 260 x 420 mm, lower margin slightly bowned). Text missing. € 125
This print is among 1200 plates from this most extensive work, published from
1775-1780 by the extremely prolific author Pierre Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807, also
spelled as Buch’oz or Buc’hoz). He was a French physician and naturalist who
served as physician to the king of Poland. He left his post to pursue his
interest in natural history and published vast illustrated folios on botany,
books on mineralogy, agriculture, ornithology and medicine. The attractive
plates are mostly based on original drawings in the Collection des Vélins
of the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Artists’ names on the the
copper-engravings seldom occur and as engraver Fessard is sometimes mentioned.* Pritzel 1325; Dunthorne 59; Blunt & Stearn pp. 158-160; Nissen BBI 287; Stafleu & Cowan 876; Johnston 524.
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