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  • Hardcover notebook features: 150 ruled perforated pages, matte laminated cover, casewrap binding - LeBonJournal
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Emanuel Sweert Marigold Journal — 1612 Frankfurt Florilegium Catalogue

Emanuel Sweert Marigold Journal — 1612 Frankfurt Florilegium Catalogue

$18.99 USD
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• Production Time: All journals are printed on demand and shipped from Maryland, USA, within 1–3 business days.
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At the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1612, Emanuel Sweert — Dutch plant merchant and keeper of Rudolf II's imperial gardens in Prague — published one of the first illustrated plant catalogues in the history of botany: the Florilegium, engraved by Johann Theodor de Bry with the precision of the finest Frankfurt workshop. Among its plates, the marigolds: Tagetes erecta and its relatives, brought from the Americas in the sixteenth century, their golden and orange flowers rendered with extraordinary fidelity at the moment when the passion for exotic flowers was beginning to transform the economies and cultures of northern Europe.

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Product Details

  • Format: Hardcover lined journal
  • Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
  • Binding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat
  • Dimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches
  • Weight: Approximately 250 g (0.55 lbs)
  • Cover: Matte laminated full-wrap print

Perfect For

  • Marigold enthusiasts and gardeners keeping plant and garden notes
  • Renaissance art and botanical history lovers
  • Florilegium and early plant catalogue collectors
  • Garden journaling and plant observation records
  • Lovers of Dutch Golden Age art and botanical commerce
  • A beautiful gift for gardeners and nature lovers

EU Compliance

Representative: HONSON VENTURES LIMITED, gpsr@honsonventures.com, 3 Gnaftis House flat 102, Limassol, Mesa Geitonia, 4003, CY.
Product information: Generic brand, 2-year warranty in EU and Northern Ireland as per Directive 1999/44/EC.
Care instructions: Use a soft, clean and dry cloth to gently brush any dust or dirt off from the center of book outwards.

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