Leonardi Plukenetii Amaltheum botanicum. (i.e.) Stirpium indicarum alterum copiæ cornu millenas ad minimum & bis centum diversas species novas & indictas nominatim comprehendens;. Quarum Sexcenae & insuper, Selectis Iconibus, aeneisque tabulis In gratiam Phytosophorum exquisite & summo artificio Illustrantur. Opus Tempori Sacratum. In Magnis vel Voluisse Sat est.
Leonard Plukenet (1642-1706)
Category
Books
Date
1705
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3193423
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6],214,[10]p., plates : ill. ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over former owner's plate. Binding: eighteenth-century calf; double gold fillet and blind roll border; gold tooled spine; missing spine label.
Makers and roles
Leonard Plukenet (1642-1706) Robert Washington Oates George William Wood University of Cambridge. Dept. of Plant Sciences