Author: Hermann, Paul (ca. 1646-1695); William Sherard (1659 - August 1728), editor; John Rolle, Baron Rolle of Stevenstone (1750-1842), provenance
Title: Pauli Hermanni... Paradisus Batavus, Innumeris Exoticis Curiosis Herbis, & Rarioribus Plantis, Magno Sumptu & Curâ Ex Variis Terrarum Orbis Regionibus, Tam Oriente, Quam Occidente, Collectis, Acquisitis, Illustratus Ingeniosissima, & Dexterrima Artificum Manu Elaboratis Iconibus, Ad Vivum æRi Incisis. Eruditissimâ Suâ, & Magnorum in Re Herbaria Versatissimorum Virorum, Methodicâ Descriptione, & Catalogo Plantarum, Nondum Præ Immatura Morte Auctoris Delineatarum, Locupletatus. Second Edition
Description: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : apud Petrum van der Aa, 1705. 4to.18 x 25cm. contemporary sprinkled calf binding rubbed, joints worn. Armorial bookplate of John Rolle, Baron Rolle of Stevenstone (1750-1842)... The bookplate is signed 'Huntly sc. 74 Bond Street'. This would be Elizabeth Huntley, who according to the Victoria and Albert Collection worked as an engraver at the above address in the second quarter of the nineteenth century... 2 parts in one volume, engraved additional title, 111 engraved plates after drawings by the author, Paul Hermann (30 June 1646, Halle – 29 January 1695, Leiden) was a German-born physician and botanist who for 15 years was director of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden. Born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Paul Hermann was the son of Johann Hermann, a well-known organist, and Maria Magdalena Röber, a clergyman's daughter. Hermann studied theology and medicine in Wittenberg and botany in Leipzig.After graduating from Europe's finest medical school, Padua in 1670, he was then engaged by the Dutch East India Company and went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a Ship's Medical Officer. He was in their employ from 1672 to 1677. During his stay there, he made a scientific collection of this island's plants and other organisms. He was then offered the job at Leiden and took up the Chair of Botany at the University of Leiden in 1679 and took up his residence in 1680 at Leiden where he spent the rest of his professional life. He immediately set to making it the finest botanical garden in Europe. Hermann's Paradisus batavus, a description of the plants of the Leyden university botanical garden, was published three years after his death in 1698 and edited by William Sherard. This is the second edition published in 1705...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 83174001. .
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Title: Pauli Hermanni... Paradisus Batavus, Innumeris Exoticis Curiosis Herbis, & Rarioribus Plantis, Magno Sumptu & Curâ Ex Variis Terrarum Orbis Regionibus, Tam Oriente, Quam Occidente, Collectis, Acquisitis, Illustratus Ingeniosissima, & Dexterrima Artificum Manu Elaboratis Iconibus, Ad Vivum æRi Incisis. Eruditissimâ Suâ, & Magnorum in Re Herbaria Versatissimorum Virorum, Methodicâ Descriptione, & Catalogo Plantarum, Nondum Præ Immatura Morte Auctoris Delineatarum, Locupletatus. Second Edition
Description: Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] : apud Petrum van der Aa, 1705. 4to.18 x 25cm. contemporary sprinkled calf binding rubbed, joints worn. Armorial bookplate of John Rolle, Baron Rolle of Stevenstone (1750-1842)... The bookplate is signed 'Huntly sc. 74 Bond Street'. This would be Elizabeth Huntley, who according to the Victoria and Albert Collection worked as an engraver at the above address in the second quarter of the nineteenth century... 2 parts in one volume, engraved additional title, 111 engraved plates after drawings by the author, Paul Hermann (30 June 1646, Halle – 29 January 1695, Leiden) was a German-born physician and botanist who for 15 years was director of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden. Born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Paul Hermann was the son of Johann Hermann, a well-known organist, and Maria Magdalena Röber, a clergyman's daughter. Hermann studied theology and medicine in Wittenberg and botany in Leipzig.After graduating from Europe's finest medical school, Padua in 1670, he was then engaged by the Dutch East India Company and went to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a Ship's Medical Officer. He was in their employ from 1672 to 1677. During his stay there, he made a scientific collection of this island's plants and other organisms. He was then offered the job at Leiden and took up the Chair of Botany at the University of Leiden in 1679 and took up his residence in 1680 at Leiden where he spent the rest of his professional life. He immediately set to making it the finest botanical garden in Europe. Hermann's Paradisus batavus, a description of the plants of the Leyden university botanical garden, was published three years after his death in 1698 and edited by William Sherard. This is the second edition published in 1705...OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 83174001. .
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