THE FLORA CAPENSIS OF JAKOB AND JOHANN PHILIPP BREYNE.

Gunn Mary & Enid Du Plessis (Illustrations By Jakob & Johann Philipp Breyne. ) . The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne. Johannesburg : Brenthurst Press, 1978. First edition thus. This printing is The Standard edition limited to 850 copies. The Breynes collected rare and exotic plants. Father and son were both celebrated botanists. Jakob made a collection of water-colour drawings of Cape plants by several artists. 86 were bound together in 1724 in an album titled FLORA CAPENSIS for his son, Johann Philipp.Brenthurst Press First series no 4 218pp. 90 plates (88 colored), selected biographies, notes, bibliography. 270x270mm tall. Near Fine in near fine dust-jacket. Cloth Hardcover.
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