Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique. : Enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles figures en taille douce, des places & des raretez les plus considerables, qui y sont décrites. : Avec un vocabulaire Caraïbe
A 1665 natural history of the Caribbean Antilles, written by Charles de Rochefort and published in Rotterdam by Arnout Leers, covering the islands' plants, peoples and places for a European readership. Its copperplate engravings show plants in isolation against plain or faintly printed grounds, with branches, leaves, fruit and roots set out clearly, useful to a designer seeking botanical line drawings with a period feel.













































