细节
NICOLAAS MEERBURCH
Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae. Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (416 x 264mm). 54 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. Contemporary calf (rebacked, old spine laid down, later label). Provenance: Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751-1812, Packington, Warwickshire, etched bookplate).
First edition in Latin, with the same plates as the original edition in Dutch (Leiden: 1775-1780). Meerburgh, the curator of the Leiden Botanical Garden, produced the plates , including a butterfly from his own collection in each plate. Dunthorne 203; Great Flower Books p.67; Landwehr 126; Nissen BBI 1333; Stafleu & Cowan 5785.
Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae. Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (416 x 264mm). 54 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. Contemporary calf (rebacked, old spine laid down, later label). Provenance: Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford (1751-1812, Packington, Warwickshire, etched bookplate).
First edition in Latin, with the same plates as the original edition in Dutch (Leiden: 1775-1780). Meerburgh, the curator of the Leiden Botanical Garden, produced the plates , including a butterfly from his own collection in each plate. Dunthorne 203; Great Flower Books p.67; Landwehr 126; Nissen BBI 1333; Stafleu & Cowan 5785.