Buy this book on-line Gunn, Mary, and Enid du Plessis : The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne(Johannesburg: Ad. Donker for The Brenthurst Press, 1978) 0909079072 ISBN 0909079072
Brenthurst First Series, number 4. Standard edition limited to 850 copies. 4to; original brown cloth, with gilt-on-black title to spine; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; tinted top edge; pp. 218; ninety plates, largely full-colour, with descriptions to facing verso in each case. Very light stippling to top edges of boards; occasional fox spot. Near fine condition. "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." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Gunn, Mary, and Enid du Plessis : The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres anciens, out of print books, first editions and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |