Flora sinensis, fructus floresque humillime porrigens, serenissimo et potentissimo principi, ac domino, domino Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae regi florentissimo, etc., fructus saeculo promittenti Augustissimos

Creator

• Michał Boym

Files

Publication Date

1-1-1656

Abstract

A natural history study of the flora and fauna of China, as described by Michał Piotr Boym, a visiting Jesuit missionary from Poland. The book includes hand-painted woodcut illustrations with descriptions of the medical properties and distribution of select plants.

Keywords

Natural History, Flora, Botany, Botanical Illustrations, Wildlife, Ecology, Medicinal Plants

Physical Collection

Vault Collection

Call Number

Special Collections: VE-25

Language

Latin; Chinese

Digital Date

2026

Recommended Citation

Boym, Michał, "Flora sinensis, fructus floresque humillime porrigens, serenissimo et potentissimo principi, ac domino, domino Leopoldo Ignatio, Hungariae regi florentissimo, etc., fructus saeculo promittenti Augustissimos" (1656). Select Environment and Natural History Publications. 51.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/envir_publications/51