The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Martin Dolneus ( - fl. c. 1711)
German surgeon and physician PhysicianSurgeon
Relevant locations: Visited Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
References in Documents:
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 4. Triangular
A very odd
city, is another Painting of it, (besides that I saw in my
Bishop of London 's Book) which I purchased of
Mr.Dolneus a
Cape
Tendral Bryar, Cat. 523.
A very odd
AnomalousPlant , yet what confirms its Vera
city, is another Painting of it, (besides that I saw in my
Lordthe
Mr.
German Surgeonamongst many other
PaintingsI have figured in the 9th Decade,
viz. from
Tab. 81. to 91 in this second
Volume.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 9. Dolneus his Rock Button-Flower . Cat. 522. This odd
Plant being wholly new both in Face and Species, I
have determined to record him under the Name of its
first Discoverer Dr.Martin Dolneus a German
and
the greatest part of the Paintings in this Decade,
which he procured to be drawn on the Spot from
the Original Plants growing luxuriently wild, about
thatCAPE of .
Plant being wholly new both in Face and Species, I
have determined to record him under the Name of its
first Discoverer Dr.
Physician
and
Surgeon, to whom I am obliged in the Purchase of
the greatest part of the Paintings in this Decade,
which he procured to be drawn on the Spot from
the Original Plants growing luxuriently wild, about
that
Fertile Promontorythe
GOOD HOPE