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COMMELIN (JAN AND CASPAR) Horti Medici Amstelodamensis rariorum tam orientalis, quam Occidentalis Indiae, aliarumque peregrinarum plantarum magno studio [-Beschryvinge en curieuse Afbeeldingen van rare vreemde Oos- West-Indische en andere gewassen], 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, P. & J. Blaeu, 1697-1701
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COMMELIN (JAN AND CASPAR)
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"A MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT TO THE AMSTERDAM PHYSIC GARDEN": AN ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THE FIRST AND BEST EDITION. Jan Commelin was director of the garden at a period when it was undergoing substantial enlargement, primarily as a result of plants being introduced from the Dutch East Indies and South Africa. "The first volume, on the plants of the East and West Indies, was [his] most important contribution to botanical knowledge; it was brought out posthumously by his nephew Caspar. The second volume was by Caspar Commelin and contained an enlargement on some of the notes in Jan's book, with further notes on African plants. The original paintings... were mainly the work of Johan and Maria Moninck and may be seen in the Library of the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam" (Hunt). "These fine volumes delineate the collection of plants then existing in the Botanical Gardens of Amsterdam. The South African specimens are particularly interesting... and in some respects the work may be considered as the first contribution to the bibliography of Cape flora" (Mendelssohn).
Provenance: Henry ?Hide, book label on both front paste-downs; Docteur François Moutier (1881-1961, physician, leading gastroenterologist and poet), bookplates.





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