Museum Plantin-Moretus Online Catalogue

Object number
MPM.HB.05232
Title
- Horse-chestnut or conker tree [Aesculus hippocastanum]
Object name
woodblock (printing matrix)
Material
wood (plant material)
Technique
woodcut (printing process)
Dimensions
Acquisition date
1876-04-20
Acquisition method
purchase - Moretus, Edward
Printed in
- Carolus Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia, 1601, p. 8 (Castanea equina)
Literature
- De botanica in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden (einde 15de eeuw-ca.1650), 1993, nr. 55
- Dirk Imhof, Jan Moretus and the continuation of the Plantin Press : a bibliography of the works published and printed by Jan Moretus I in Antwerp (1589-1610), 2014, nr. C-62