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BURMANN (JAN) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesbergius and Salomon Schouten, 1737 image 1
BURMANN (JAN) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesbergius and Salomon Schouten, 1737 image 2
BURMANN (JAN) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesbergius and Salomon Schouten, 1737 image 3
BURMANN (JAN) Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesbergius and Salomon Schouten, 1737 image 4
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BURMANN (JAN)
Thesaurus Zeylanicus, FIRST EDITION, Amsterdam, 1737

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
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BURMANN (JAN)

Thesaurus Zeylanicus, exhibens plantas in insula Zeylana nascentes; Inter quas plurimae novae species, & genera inveniuntur, FIRST EDITION, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the author by J. Houbraken after J.M. Quinkhard, 111 engraved plates (numbered 1-110, and 18*), contemporary blind-stamped vellum, lettered in ink on spine, corners repaired, light soiling [Hunt 501; Nissen BBI 303; Stafleu TL2 928], 4to (265 x 220mm.), Amsterdam, Janssonius-Waesbergius and Salomon Schouten, 1737

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THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF SRI LANKA. A Dutch physician and botanist Burmann (1707-1780), later professor of botany in Amsterdam, was assisted in compiling the work by his friend Carl Linnaeus, who was staying with him at this time.

Provenance: "Linneana tillhorande Nils Rosen", bookplate; J. Garside, small stamp on front free endpaper.

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