PAUL KITAIBEL: DESCRIPTIONES ET ICONES PLANTARUM RARIORUM HUNGARIAE - Browsing Facsimile Editions

#AntiqueScientific"After a career in the Austrian Army, Count Franz von Waldstein (1759–1823) devoted himself to #botany and commissioned one of the most important works of the emerging science: Descriptiones Et Icones Plantarum Rariorum Hungariae. Written by Paul Kitaibel (1757–1817), professor of botany at the University of Pest, its three volumes are a summation of his years of travel and observation throughout Hungary, Croatia, and adjoining regions. This important text is decorated with 280 colored #engravings detailing the flora, fauna, minerals, and even folklore of the regions he visited.