Nicolaas Meerburg (Dutch 1734-1814)

Nicolaas Meerburg (Dutch 1734-1814)
Plantae rariores vivis coloribus. Leiden: Jacobum Meerburg, 1789.
55 hand-coloured engraved plates of plants and butterflies, a few with plate number and signature ‘N. Meerburgh fecit.’ overwritten in ink by a contemporary hand, some with margins lightly soiled, contemporary calf-backed boards, untrimmed, foot of spine chipped with slight loss, extremities bumped and rubbed, folio

Provenance:
Bookplate of Angela Kerr;
The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven

Literature:
Nissen BBI 1333, Great Flower Books, p. 67