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[[File:Hortus Cliffortianus 1737.jpg|thumb|Title page of ''Hortus Cliffortianus'']]
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The '''''Hortus Cliffortianus''''' is a work of early botanical literature published in 1737.
The '''''Hortus Cliffortianus''''' is a work of early botanical literature published in 1737.


The work was a collaboration between [[Carl Linnaeus]] and the illustrator [[Georg Dionysius Ehret]], financed by [[George Clifford III|George Clifford]] in 1735-1736. Clifford, a wealthy [[Amsterdam]] banker was a keen [[botanist]] with a large [[herbarium]] and governor of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. He had the income to attract the talents of botanists such as Linnaeus and artists like Ehret and [[Jan Wandelaar]]. Together at the Clifford summer estate [[Hartecamp]], which was located south of [[Haarlem]] in [[Heemstede]] near [[Bennebroek]], they produced the first scholarly classification of an English garden.
The work was a collaboration between [[Carl Linnaeus]] and the illustrator [[Georg Dionysius Ehret]], financed by [[George Clifford III|George Clifford]] in 1735–1736. Clifford, a wealthy [[Amsterdam]] banker was a keen [[botanist]] with a large [[herbarium]] and a governor of the [[Dutch East India Company]]. He had the income to attract the talents of botanists such as Linnaeus and artists like Ehret and [[Jan Wandelaar]]. Together at the Clifford summer estate [[Hartecamp]], which was located south of [[Haarlem]] in [[Heemstede]] near [[Bennebroek]], they produced the first scholarly classification of an [[English garden]].


== References ==
== References ==
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* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/690 ''Hortus Cliffortianus''], 1737, is online as an open access text at Biodiversity Heritage Library
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/690 ''Hortus Cliffortianus''], 1737, is online as an open access text at Biodiversity Heritage Library
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090619105429/http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/linne/hortus/index.html ''Hortus Cliffortianus''] (black and white)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090619105429/http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/linne/hortus/index.html ''Hortus Cliffortianus''] (black and white)
* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/clifford-herbarium/linnaeus.html George Clifford Herbarium] at the NHM
* [https://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/botanical-collections/clifford-herbarium/linnaeus-and-hortus-cliffortianus/index.html George Clifford Herbarium] at the NHM
* Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem
* Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem


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Revision as of 18:04, 28 April 2024

Title page of Hortus Cliffortianus

The Hortus Cliffortianus is a work of early botanical literature published in 1737.

The work was a collaboration between Carl Linnaeus and the illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret, financed by George Clifford in 1735–1736. Clifford, a wealthy Amsterdam banker was a keen botanist with a large herbarium and a governor of the Dutch East India Company. He had the income to attract the talents of botanists such as Linnaeus and artists like Ehret and Jan Wandelaar. Together at the Clifford summer estate Hartecamp, which was located south of Haarlem in Heemstede near Bennebroek, they produced the first scholarly classification of an English garden.

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