H. Heukels - Geïllustreerde Schoolflora voor Nederland. Met 1587 Afbeeldingen

H. Heukels - Geïllustreerde Schoolflora voor Nederland - Groningen - P. Noordhoff - 1900 - 1st edition - [8], [712] pp - Cloth binding - 13,5 x 19 cm.

Condition: Excellent - Attractive binding, contemporary owner's entry on title-page, edges somewhat rusty.

Solid - and after more than a hundred years still useful (!)- identification guide for Dutch plants and flowers. Illustrated with black and white drawings. With overview of the classes of the Linnaeus system, botanical glossary, table of species names and index. In the back nostalgic advertisement for other natural history titles from the publisher. Hardback FIRST EDITION in Art Nouveau binding with floral design.

¶ Hendrik Heukels (1854-1936) was a Dutch teacher at the teacher training college and flora writer who considered the knowledge of the plant and animal world so important that he translated and edited Otto Wünsche's 'Schulflora von Deutschland' for the Netherlands (in 1883). He continued to improve this flora. In 1900 he published the first edition of the Illustrated Flora, which would become the most important scientific field flora in the Netherlands.