Oval portrait of Sebastian Vaillant, French botanist, author of Botanicum Parisiense, 1669-1722. Engraving by James Hopwood after a portrait by Aubriet. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dr. Robert John Thorntons New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus, the Temple of Flora, London, 1800.
Oval portrait of Sebastian Vaillant, French botanist, author of Botanicum Parisiense, 1669-1722. Engraving by James Hopwood after a portrait by Aubriet. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dr. Robert John Thorntons New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus, the Temple of Flora, London, 1800.