{"id":13952,"date":"2017-03-07T11:20:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/?post_type=product&p=13952"},"modified":"2023-06-30T01:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T05:12:02","slug":"botanical-art-garden-flowers-munting-antique-prints-dutch-1696","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/product\/botanical-art-garden-flowers-munting-antique-prints-dutch-1696\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical, Art, Garden Flowers, Munting, Antique Prints, Dutch, 1696"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abraham Munting was a Dutch botanist and botanical artist.\u00a0 He studied medicine and botany as a young man and traveled extensively, living for a time in France.\u00a0 Returning to Holland, he joined the faculty at the University of Groningen, where he remained for 24 years as an eminent professor of botany and chemistry.\u00a0 There he directed one of the most extensive botanical gardens of the period from 1658 to 1683.\u00a0 Munting\u2019s most famous work Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen<\/strong> (1696), was published posthumously and is an enlarged and revised version of his previous book Waare Oeffening der Planten<\/strong> (1672, 1682). Naauwkeurige <\/strong>was later republished in a series of Latin editions beginning in 1702 under the title Phytographia Curiosa.\u00a0 <\/strong>Aside from Munting, two other artists are credited, Joseph Mulder, whose name is on plate 201, and Jan Goeree, who designed the title page art and possibly some of the landscape backgrounds in other plates.<\/p>\n

Pieter Van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch map publisher.\u00a0 His major work was the massive Galerie Agr\u00e9able du Monde<\/strong> (1729) a compendium of some 3,000 plates in 66 volumes, published in an edition of 100 sets.\u00a0 Other publications included Atlas Nouveau et Curieux<\/strong> and Atlas Nouvel<\/strong>, both produced in 1714.\u00a0 Van der Aa also published separately issued maps and reissued maps by earlier engravers, such as Les Forces de l\u2019Europe<\/strong> (1726), originally published in 1696 by Nicolas de Fer.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Halma (1653-1722) was a Dutch publisher based in Utrecht.\u00a0 He published maps after Mercator, Sanson and others, as well as volumes on natural history and reference works such as dictionaries.<\/p>\n

Full title and title page text: Nauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen, Waar in de veelerley Aart en bijzondere Eigenschappen der Boomen, Heesters, Kruyden, Bloemen, Met hare Vrugten, Zaden, Wortelen en Bollen.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Condition:\u00a0 Each generally very good with the usual overall light toning, wear, handling.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Brindle, John V., James J. White and Donald E Wendel.\u00a0 Flora Portrayed: Classics of Botanical Art from the Hunt Institute Collection.<\/em> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1985. 396.<\/p>\n

“Munting, Abraham.” Herbals & Early Gardening Books from the Doris and Marc Patten Collection.<\/em> http:\/\/www.asu.edu\/lib\/speccoll\/patten\/html\/137.html (11 July 2002).<\/p>\n

Sotheby, Parke, Bernet, and Co.\u00a0 A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books: Being the Finest Colour-Plate Books from the Celebrated Library Formed by Robert de Belder, April 27, 28, 1987.<\/em> London: Sotheby\u2019s, 1987.<\/p>\n

Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi and Rachel Lambert Mellon.\u00a0 An Oak Spring Flora: Flower Illustration from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Time.<\/em> New Haven: Yale University, 1997. 45.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Abraham Munting (1626-1683) and Joseph Mulder (1659-1710) (after)
\nJan Goeree (1670-1731) (title page artist)
\nBotanical Prints<\/strong>
\nfrom Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardgewassen
\n[Accurate Description of Terrestrial Plants]<\/strong><\/em>
\nPieter van der Aa & Francois Halma, Leyden & Utrecht, Netherlands: 1696
\nHand-colored engravings
\n12.25 x 8 inches, plate mark (average approximate)
\n15.25 x 10 inches, sheet (average approximate)
\nVarious:<\/strong> $250 to $975 each
\nPlants in Vases:<\/strong> $975 each<\/p>\n

An unusual early florilegium that adopted an original scheme for botanical illustration that now seems surreal; monumental plants fill the foreground or float in midair above idyllic and sometimes classical landscapes in the distance. Some are shown in decorative baroque vases or urns.\u00a0 The Latin names of the species are presented on ribbon-like scrolls or tablets.\u00a0\u00a0 It is unknown whether the innovative inclusion of landscapes as a backdrop to botanical studies was Munting\u2019s idea or that of the artists who completed this work after his death.\u00a0 Among the prints are trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses of temperate zones, along with a number of tropical and subtropical plants imported for cultivation to the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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