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Musaeum Zeylanicum, sive catalogus plantarum, in Zeylan sponte nascentium, observatarum & descriptarum a viaro celeberrimo Paulo Hermanno.

Leiden: Isaac Severinus, 1717.

Paul Hermann's study of the plants of Sri Lanka collected during his experience as a Ship's Medical Oficer in the Dutch East India Company after Hermann completed his medical studies at Padua. This work was edited for posthumous publication by William Sherard. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11473
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13672
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmusaeum-zeylanicum-sive-catalogus-plantarum-in-zeylan-sponte-nascentium-observatarum-descriptarum-a-viaro-celeberrimo-paulo-hermanno

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leiden

Mentioned in annotation: Padua