The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne — Mary Gunn & Enid du Plessis
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Description
'The Flora Capensis of Jakob and Johann Philipp Breyne' by Mary Gunn and Enid du Plessis examines the botanical work and illustrations associated with the father-and-son botanists Jakob Breyne and Johann Philipp Breyne. The Breynes were seventeenth- and early-eighteenth-century naturalists whose work included plants from the Cape of Good Hope, based partly on material and information brought back to Europe by collectors and travellers. Gunn and du Plessis trace the history of their Cape plant records and discuss the illustrations and botanical material through which these early observations were preserved. The work provides an important historical account of the development of European knowledge of the flora of the Cape and its representation in early botanical literature.
Condition
Fair condition, aged cover.
Filed under: Botany