Abraham Munting c. (1696-1706)

Unusual and early series of botanical prints showing flowers and plants set in, or floating above, landscape backgrounds. Abraham Munting began his career as a doctor of medicine, later becoming a professor of botany at Groningen. The Latin names of the species are often presented on ribbon-like scrolls or tablets. Among the prints are trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses of temperate zones, along with a number of tropical and subtropical plants imported for cultivation to the Netherlands.