LC control no. | no2016035031 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Sweerts, Emanuel, 1552-1612 |
Variant(s) | Sweert, Emanuel, 1552-1612 Sweertius, Emanuel, 1552-1612 |
Birth date | 1552 |
Death date | 1612 |
Place of birth | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
Field of activity | Botanical illustration |
Profession or occupation | Horticulturists Painters |
Found in | Florilegium Emanuelis Sweertii Septimonti Batavi Amsteledami Co[m]morantis, 1612 Wikipedia, March 15, 2016 (Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612) was a Dutch painter and nurseryman noted for his publication in 1612 at Frankfurt-am-Main of Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum) University of Glasgow Hunterian WWW site, March 15, 2016 Virtual exhibition page (The introduction of engraving as a technique for book illustration coincided with the proliferation of new plant arrivals in Europe from Turkey and the New World. A spate of 'florilegia' ensued. That commissioned by Rudolf II of Austria of Emanuel Sweerts (1552-1612), a Dutch merchant and natural history dealer, was among the earliest) |