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JAN BURMAN (1706-1779)
Rariorum Africanarum plantarum. Amsterdam: Henricus Boussiere, 1738-1739. 10 parts in one volume, 4 (275 x 220mm). General title in red and black, nine section titles, all with engraved vignettes, ten dedication leaves. 100 engraved plates after Hendrik Claudius. (Some browning and spotting to plates.) Contemporary speckled sheep, spine gilt (later spine label, upper joint repaired, the lower slightly split).
First edition of Burman's work on the flowers of the cape of good Hope. Burman became professor of botany at the university of Amsterdam in 1738, and was author or editor of a number of other botanical works. "According to Nissen, Burman drew 33 plants from the Codex Simon van der Stel, 34 from the the Herbarium Witsenianum, and 92 from the Codex Witsenii; and the artist was the physician Hendrik Claudius of Breslau... Simon van der Stel made an expedition to Namaqualand in 1685-86, Hendrik Claudius accompanying him, and the drawings later came into the possession of Burgomaster Nikolas Witsen of Amsterdam": Hunt 508; Nissen BBI 302; Pritzel 1390.
Rariorum Africanarum plantarum. Amsterdam: Henricus Boussiere, 1738-1739. 10 parts in one volume, 4 (275 x 220mm). General title in red and black, nine section titles, all with engraved vignettes, ten dedication leaves. 100 engraved plates after Hendrik Claudius. (Some browning and spotting to plates.) Contemporary speckled sheep, spine gilt (later spine label, upper joint repaired, the lower slightly split).
First edition of Burman's work on the flowers of the cape of good Hope. Burman became professor of botany at the university of Amsterdam in 1738, and was author or editor of a number of other botanical works. "According to Nissen, Burman drew 33 plants from the Codex Simon van der Stel, 34 from the the Herbarium Witsenianum, and 92 from the Codex Witsenii; and the artist was the physician Hendrik Claudius of Breslau... Simon van der Stel made an expedition to Namaqualand in 1685-86, Hendrik Claudius accompanying him, and the drawings later came into the possession of Burgomaster Nikolas Witsen of Amsterdam": Hunt 508; Nissen BBI 302; Pritzel 1390.