Nepenthaceae (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

Chromolithograph

1855

de Vriese's Tuinbouw-flora van Nederland, volume 1, plate 8

"The author, Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806-1862), a Dutch botanist, studied medicine in Leiden, practicing and lecturing in Rotterdam, was professor of botany in Amsterdam and travelled in the Dutch East Indies from 1858-1861." [Meemelink site

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[Image, caption, and commentary included by permission of Antiquariaat Jan Meemelink, Den Haag ('s-Gravenhage ) The Netherlands. — GPL]

"Only 3 volumes were published from 1855-1856 of this finely illustrated work about the horticulure and floriculture of especially Indonesia. The fine plates are by J. v. Aken, A. Brouwer, Q.M.R. Ver Huell and A.J. Wendel, lithographed by A.J. Bos, Riocreux, P.W.M. Trap, A.J. Wendel and Wohlfart."

de Vriese, Willem Hendrik. Tuinbouw-flora van Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen; bevattende de geschiedenis en afbeeldingen van nieuwe of merkwaardige planten, bloemen, vruchten, mededeelingen omtrent de kultuur in haren geheelen omvang, in betrekking tot Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen . 3 vols. Leiden, A.W. Sythoff, 1855-56.

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