Aster Africanus Annuus Senecionis Foliis
by COMMELIN, Jan & Caspar
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About This Item
Amsterdam: P. & J. Blaeu, Abraham van Someren, 1701. Maria Moninckx. Engraving, 15 1/4 x 10 inches.<br/> <br/> Star-shaped, lilac-blue flowers, with sunny yellow centers atop a foliage of lance shaped dark green leaves.Jan Commelin (1629-1692) was a botanist and the director of Horti Medici garden in Amsterdam, which housed a significant collection of strange and exotic plants introduced through the Dutch Indies Company's merchant ships. 'Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum' was published by Caspar, who was Jan's nephew. The illustrations were done by Jan Moninckx (1656-1714) Dutch botanical artist and his daughter Maria Moninckx (1673-1757), a Dutch botanical artist and painter.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Aster Africanus Annuus Senecionis Foliis
- Author
- COMMELIN, Jan & Caspar
- Illustrator
- Maria Moninckx
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P. & J. Blaeu, Abraham van Someren
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1701
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...