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SWEERT, Emanuel (1552-1612). Florilegium amplissimum et selectissimum. Amsterdam: John Jansson, 1631, 1647.
2 parts in one volume, 2o (437 x 274 mm). Engraved allegorical title, letterpress title for part 2 with engraved vignette, 110 engraved plates. (Engraved title with two marginal tears touching plate, one with loss, one repaired, dampstained, light spotting to a few leaves, last 14 plates with marginal hole.) Contemporary calf, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, black morocco lettering piece gilt (rubbed, hinges split). Provenance: Allen Rawdon (inscription on title); Rousseau-Girard Livres d'Historie Naturelle (bookseller's ticket on pastedown).
Fifth edition of part one, third edition of part 2. Emanuel Sweert, a Dutch florist and prefect of gardens for Emperor Rudolf II, first issued the Florilegium in 1612. It was essentially an unpriced sale catalogue, in Latin, Dutch, German and French of Sweert's stock available for sale at the Frankfurt Fair. Over 560 different flowers are shown on the 110 plates, generally grouped by species and with a brief explanatory note for each one. Sweert copied the engravings from de Bry's Florilegium of 1611, which was itself partially based on a 1608 work by Pierre Vallet. The work was very popular, leading to 6 editions being published (one in Frankfurt, the others in Amsterdam) between 1612 and 1655. Cleveland Collections 207, HA Copy this copy; Nissen BBI 1921; Pritzel 9073.
2 parts in one volume, 2o (437 x 274 mm). Engraved allegorical title, letterpress title for part 2 with engraved vignette, 110 engraved plates. (Engraved title with two marginal tears touching plate, one with loss, one repaired, dampstained, light spotting to a few leaves, last 14 plates with marginal hole.) Contemporary calf, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, black morocco lettering piece gilt (rubbed, hinges split). Provenance: Allen Rawdon (inscription on title); Rousseau-Girard Livres d'Historie Naturelle (bookseller's ticket on pastedown).
Fifth edition of part one, third edition of part 2. Emanuel Sweert, a Dutch florist and prefect of gardens for Emperor Rudolf II, first issued the Florilegium in 1612. It was essentially an unpriced sale catalogue, in Latin, Dutch, German and French of Sweert's stock available for sale at the Frankfurt Fair. Over 560 different flowers are shown on the 110 plates, generally grouped by species and with a brief explanatory note for each one. Sweert copied the engravings from de Bry's Florilegium of 1611, which was itself partially based on a 1608 work by Pierre Vallet. The work was very popular, leading to 6 editions being published (one in Frankfurt, the others in Amsterdam) between 1612 and 1655. Cleveland Collections 207, HA Copy this copy; Nissen BBI 1921; Pritzel 9073.