Abraham Munting Botanicals The hand-colored copper-plates below are cut from Abraham Munting's (1626-83) Nauwkeurige Beschrijving Der Aardgewassen (Accurate Descriptions of Terrestial Plants).  Munting was a Dutch physician and learned  botanist who directed the Hortus Botanicus Groninganus from 1658-83.  His first book, Waare Oeffening der Planten, 1672, was published in Amsterdam and had 40 plates.  A second edition was issued in 1682.  The third edition, which appeared in 1696, was retitled and enlarged to include 245 plates.   These amazing plates typically feature plants hovering in front of a pastoral or classic landscape and accompanied by architectural ornaments such as scrolls, banners, and tablets.  The paper is chain-linked, with a texture that is not evident in the photos.  The paper, which varies considerably in thickness, tends to be an off-white ecru or ivory, and is a little darker than the photos indicate.   Size:  Approximately 10 x 15.5 inches.

jcorwin@classicnatureprints	Name	Price	Conditions
MUNT-70	Absinthium Longifolium Pentaphylleum	220.00	Excellent
MUNT-461	Centaurium Majus Folio Cinarae	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-170	Gnaphalium americanum angustifolium	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-701	Melissa variegata	175.00	Excellent
MUNT-225	Verbena maxima urtice folia spicata	175.00	Excellent
MUNT-784	Verbena botroides maior canadensis	255.00	Excellent +
MUNT-238	Scrophularia samuci folio	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-221	Trifolium siliquosum	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-04	Banana Plant Musa	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-130	Sedum minus arborescens	200.00	Excellent
MUNT-118	Botrys mexiocan odorata	250.00	Excellent+
MUNT-215	Melanthium flore pleno folioso	Sold	Very Good
MUNT-236	Salvia lutea variegata	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-236	Thamarindus Tamarind	Sold	Excellent
MUNT-133	Sanamunda	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-75	Acetosa hispanica maxima	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-278	Acetosa vulgaris, or Rumex camferinus	225.00	Excellent
MUNT-257	Cardamomum Cardamon	65.00	Excellent
MUNT-376	Astragalus triangularis	250.00	Excellent
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