Book ID: 104998
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                
                                                                    
Boym, Michal'l Piotr
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                            
                                                                 Flora Sinensis: fructus floresque humillime porrigens. 1656. (Facsimile). 23 col. plates. 123 p. Hardcover. Folio. 
                                                            
                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                    The author was a Jesuite missionary from Poland, who travelledextensively in China. His 'Flora Sinensis' is one of the first books onthe natural history. Despite the title 'Flora' the book contains alsosome non - botanical plates.