> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 398](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355485) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6302-1) LSID 6302-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2725128) QID Q2725128 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Meerburgh, Nicolaas (1734-1814), Dutch gardener; curator of the Leiden botanical garden 1774-1814. **Abbreviated name**: *Meerb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Meerb.*\] #### Herbarium and types A small number of plants from the Leiden garden is at [[Collection E|E]] and at [[Collection L|L]]. The original herbarium of 5000 "species" was offered for sale by his son in 1816, but the present location is unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Aa 12(1): 484, Barnhart 2: 470; BM 3: 1278; Dawson p. 536, 866; Dryander 5: 350-351; DU 203-204; GF p. 67; Herder p. 146; Hortus 3: 1199 ("Meerb."); HU 705; IH 2: 521; Jackson p. 33, 113; JW 1: 446, 3: 362, 5: 246; Kew 3: 639; Lenley p. 284; MW p. 315; NAF 28B(2): 345; NI 1333-1334; Plesch p. 333; PR 6044-6047 (ed. 1: 6732-6734); Rehder 5: 562; RS p. 74; Sotheby 527; TL-1/822-824; TL-2/1: see Gorter, D. de; Tucker 1: 477; Zander ed. 10, p. 690-691, ed. 11, p. 787. - Anon., Alg. Konst. Letterb. 1816(2): 240 (herb. for sale). - Forbes, R. J., ed., Mart. v. Marum 3: 256. 1971. - Fuchs, H. P., Acta bot. neerl. 11: 69-89. 1962, 12: 12-16. 1963 (updates nomenclature of the three illustrated works by M.). - Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 109. 1970 (pl. E). - Stafleu, F. A., Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 173, 183. 1971. - Steenis-Kruseman, M. J. v., Blumea 25: 34. 1979 (coll. L). - Thunberg, C. P., Voyages au Japon 1: 23. 1796. - Veendorp, H. & L. G. M. Baas-Beeking, Hortus acad. lugd.-bat. 130-131, 137, 142. 1938. #### Eponymy *Meerburgia* \[sic\] Moench (1802). ### Publications ##### n.5784. Afbeeldingen van zeldzame gewassen **Title** *Afbeeldingen van zeldzame gewassen*... te Leyden (by Johannes le Mair) 1775\[-1780\]. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Afb. zeldz. gew.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1775-1780, in five parts, p. \[i-xxiv\], *pl. 1-50 Copies*: MO; IDC 441. – See Sotheby 527 for a copy with *55 plates*. We have seen no such copy. – The contents and the dates were established by H. P. Fuchs (1962), who added (1963) further nomenclatural details, e.g. on the legitimate name *Impatiens capensis* Meerburgh. |fasc. |pages |*plates* |dates | |--- |--- |--- |--- | |1 |\[8\] |1-10 |10 Nov 1775 |2 |\[4\] |11-20 |14 Jun 1776 |3 |\[4\] |21-30 |26 Mai 1777| |4 |\[4\] |31-40 |31 Dec 1777| |5 |\[4\] |41-50 |25 Dec 1780| The coloured plates were drawn and engraved by Meerburgh himself. The Plesch copy has *55 pl*. (see Sotheby), see below: *Pl. rar. depict.* ##### n.5785. Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae **Title** *Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae*... Lugduni Batavorum \[Leiden\] (apud Jacobum Meerburg) 1789. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. rar. depict.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1789, probably late. A reprint of the *Afb. zeldz. gew.* with *55 pl*. and 4 extra pages of text, p. \[1-27\], *pl. 1-55. Copies*: BR, G, HU, MO, NY, U, USDA: IDC 6062. The plates are etchings, coloured by hand. "Clumsy unconvincing etching; colouring thin and poor" (DU). ##### n.5786. Plantae selectarum icones pictae **Title** *Plantae selectarum icones pictae*... Lugduni Batavorum \[Leiden\] (apud J. Meerburg) 1798. Fol. **Abbreviated title**: *Pl. select. icon. pict.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1798 – 12 unnumbered pages and 28 coloured plates (*1-28*, no. 19 as "29"), drawn and engraved by Meerburgh himself. – The book was reviewed in J. Bot. Schrader 2(1): 152. 1799 (sem. 2). *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY, USDA; IDC 6063. – The plates are crude etchings, coloured by hand. *Ref*.: Schrader, H. J., Bot. 2(1): 152. 1799 (sem. 2).