![Edvardus Pocock S.T.P. [&] Ficus Arbor, ex Syria olim regione a Celeberrimo Edvardo Pocockio, circiter centum et septuaginta abhine annis, prima guidem sui generis, in Britanniam adveta hodieque in horto Professoris Ling. Heb. apud Oxoniensis, virens et](jpegs/19750.jpg)
Edvardus Pocock S.T.P. [&] Ficus Arbor, ex Syria olim regione a Celeberrimo Edvardo Pocockio, circiter centum et septuaginta abhine annis, prima guidem sui generis, in Britanniam adveta hodieque in horto Professoris Ling. Heb. apud Oxoniensis, virens etfructuosa: Altitudo Arboris 21 pedes; ambitus trunci in parte superiori, 3 pedes 6 unciae.
S. Harding del. W.N. Gardiner sc. [&] J. Storer, delin et sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1780.] [&] Junu 12.me A.D. 1806.
Stippled portrait; etching and engraving. Sheet 365 x 227mm. 14½ x 9". Laid on album sheet.
Edward Pococke (1604-1691) was an English orientalist and biblical scholar. In 1660, after the Restoration, Pococke imported from the Syria, the famous 'Arbor Pocockiana' the fig-tree.
[Ref: 19750] £160.00
[n.d. c.1780.] [&] Junu 12.me A.D. 1806.
Stippled portrait; etching and engraving. Sheet 365 x 227mm. 14½ x 9". Laid on album sheet.
Edward Pococke (1604-1691) was an English orientalist and biblical scholar. In 1660, after the Restoration, Pococke imported from the Syria, the famous 'Arbor Pocockiana' the fig-tree.
[Ref: 19750] £160.00