[after Philips Galle.]
[Leiden, Jacobus Marcus and Justus à Colster, 1614.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed to printed border.
Portrait of Rembert Dodoens (1517-85), Flemish physician and botanist, a reverse copy of an engraving by Galle. His 'Cruydeboeck' (herb book) of 1554 was one of the most important botanical works of the period, helped by being his use of the vernacular rather than the commonly used Latin. From ''illustrium Hollandiae & Westfrisiae Ordinum Alma Academia Leidensis''.
W: 827
[Ref: 53987] £120.00
[Leiden, Jacobus Marcus and Justus à Colster, 1614.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 105mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed to printed border.
Portrait of Rembert Dodoens (1517-85), Flemish physician and botanist, a reverse copy of an engraving by Galle. His 'Cruydeboeck' (herb book) of 1554 was one of the most important botanical works of the period, helped by being his use of the vernacular rather than the commonly used Latin. From ''illustrium Hollandiae & Westfrisiae Ordinum Alma Academia Leidensis''.
W: 827
[Ref: 53987] £120.00