Myristicaceae - Myristica fragrans - De notenmuskaatpluk op het eiland Groot Banda
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 3. Tinted lithograph (sheet 157 x 248 mm). Slightly foxed. Text enclosed.€ 65
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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