Caspari Commelin ... Praeludia botanica ad publicas plantarum exoticarum demonstrationes, dicta in horto medico ... his accedunt plantarum rariorum et exoticarum in praeludiis botanicis recensitarum, icones & descriptiones
A Latin botanical treatise by Caspar Commelin, printed in 1703 in the Netherlands by Frederick Haringh, presenting plant introductions and copperplate descriptions of rare exotic plants for a learned audience of botanists. The engraved plates show African aloes drawn in fine hatched line with stiff, spiny leaves rising from stems and rosettes set against a plain ground, useful to a designer seeking botanical line work, spiky radial forms, and sepia-toned plate layouts with Latin captions.
