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A plate depicting pineapple, aloe and tiger flower from Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum. Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612) was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs from Sweert's gardens, to be sold at fairs in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, but now these very attractive engravings are regarded as fine examples of 17th century botanical illustration and are much collected. Comprised of 110 plates Florilegium depicts over 560 plants on 110 plates copied from de Bry's 1611 Florilegium . With text in German, French, Latin, and Dutch the work was popular and ran to six editions between 1612 and 1655.
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