The Flora Capensis. Date: c.1978. Brenthurst Press.

00393. R900. The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne. Date: c.1978. Brenthurst press. Series 4. Camel coloured boards with illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated frontis. 218pp (complete).  An unnumbered copy of a limited edition of 850. Ninety plates, largely full-colour, with descriptions to facing verso in each case. 

  "Jakob Breyne (1637 1697) and his son Johann Philipp (1680 1764) were wealthy merchants of Danzig who collected rare and exotic plants. In 1724 Johann Philipp had 86 watercolour drawings of plants from the Cape of Good Hope bound in an album. All the drawings are unsigned and were executed by several artists. The Cape is well known for its profusion of indigenous wild flowers, and these centuries-old paintings are here reproduced for the first time, together with an introduction, and notes on each plant depicted.".