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COMMELIN, Jan (1629-1692). The Belgick or Netherlandish Hesperides. That is the Management, Ordering, and Use of the Limon and Orange Trees, Fitted to the Nature and Climate of the Netherlands. London: J. Holford, 1683.
First English edition. Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist, merchant and druggist, was the uncle of Caspar Commelin; he was key to the development of Hortus Medicus (later Hortus Botanicus), then a new botanic garden in Amsterdam.
8vo (180 x 110 mm). (A few pale spots, a few leaves with minor worming in lower margin.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked). Provenance: James Hamilton (early ownership signature on title-page). ESTC R492492; Henrey 35; Wing C-5544.
First English edition. Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist, merchant and druggist, was the uncle of Caspar Commelin; he was key to the development of Hortus Medicus (later Hortus Botanicus), then a new botanic garden in Amsterdam.
8vo (180 x 110 mm). (A few pale spots, a few leaves with minor worming in lower margin.) Contemporary sprinkled calf (rebacked). Provenance: James Hamilton (early ownership signature on title-page). ESTC R492492; Henrey 35; Wing C-5544.