> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 799](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212841) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11276-1) LSID 11276-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2104429) QID Q2104429 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Vrolik, Gerardus (1775-1859), Dutch physician and botanist; Dr. phil. Leiden 1796; professor of botany at the Amsterdam Athenaeum 1796, from 1798 also temporarily in charge of the teaching of obstetrics. **Abbreviated name**: *Vrolik* \[standard form in IPNI: *Vrolik*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Aa 19: 463; Biol.-Dokum. 18: 9661; BM 5: 2241-2242; CSP 6: 210-212; Herder p. 70, 125, 413; Jackson p. 439; JW 2: 203, 3: 375; LS 28014; Moebius p. 274; NNBW 3: 1366-1367 (Sasse); PR 9880-9886, ed. 1: 10856-10861, 11837; Rehder 5: 893; TL-1/1376; Tucker 1: 726. #### Biofile - Anon., Acad. R. Belgique Index biogr. 266. 1964 (b. 25 Apr 1775, d. 1 Dec 1845); Alg. Konst-Letterb. 7: 99, 113, 1797 (oration as prof. bot. Amsterdam), 8: 93. 22 Sep 1797 (publ. oration), 10: 9. 1798 (prof. anatomy, obstetrics, physiology), 1859: 394-396 (obit.); Bonplandia 3: 35. 1855 (cogn. Leop. Walter), 6: 54. 1858 (cogn. Leop. Walther I, sic), 9: 377. 1862 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 9 (bibl.): 693. 1864 (d.); Brit. Mus. gen. cat print. books 250: 752. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 215: 722-724. 1972; Onze Tijd, Amsterdam 25: 225-228. 1860 (obit.). - Forbes, R.J., ed., Mart. v. Marum 3: 6-17, 19, 82-83, 252-253, 316-318. 1971. - Hoeven, J. van der, Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet. 1859: 116-134 (obit., bibl.). - Kuijlen, J. et al., Paradisus batavus 74, 84, 85, 201. 1983. - Lefebvre, E. & J.G. de Bruyn, Martinus van Marum 6: 242, 244, 369-371. 1976 (corr.). - Muller, F., Notice biographique, *in* Catalogue de la bibliothèque d'histoire naturelle, de médecine et d'autres sciences de feu M. G. Vrolik, vente 3 Decembre 1860, Amsterdam 1860, p. iii-xvi (catalogue: viii, xvi, 154 p.). - Sirks, J.M., Naturw. Wochenschr. ser. 2. 14: 228-231. 1915 (Vrolik on peloria of Digitalis). - Stafleu, F.A., Wentia 16: 5, 23, 33, 35, 39. 1966. #### Eponymy *Vrolikia* K.P.J. Sprengel (1826) probably honors this author but no etymology was given. ### Publications ##### n.16.429. observationes de defoliatione vegetabilium **Title** Gerardi Vrolik, dissertatio medico-botanica. Sistens *observationes de defoliatione vegetabilium*, nec non de viribus plantarum, ex principiis botanicis dijudicandis. Pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus, die x. Decembris mdxcccvi. Lugduni Batavorum \[Leiden\] (apud A. et J. Honkoop) 1796. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Obs. defol. veg.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Dec 1796, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-66, \[67, err.\]. *Copies*: B-S, G, HH. *Other issue*: 10 Dec 1796, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-66, \[67, err.\]. *Copy*: BR. – Different t.p. text: official thesis edition: "*Dissertatio*... dijudicandis. Quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Seboldi Justini Brugmans,... pro gradu doctoris... in Academia lugduno-batava rite ac legitime consequendis eruditorum examini subjicit Gerardus Vrolik... ad diem x. Decembris mdcxcvi. H.L.Q.S. Lugduno-batavorum (id.) 1796. Oct. *Ref*.: Anon., Alg. Konst-Letterb. 6: 214-215. 30 Dec 1796 (rev.). ##### n.16.430. Oratio de eo, quod Amstelaedamenses ad rem botanicam exornandam contulerunt **Title** Gerardi Vrolik *Oratio de eo, quod Amstelaedamenses ad rem botanicam exornandam contulerunt* publice dicta a.d. iii Aprilis a. mdccxcvii quum ordinariam botanices professionem in illustri Athenaeo amstelaedamensi auspicaretur... Amstelaedami \[Amsterdam\] (apud Petrum Henricum Dronsberg,...) 1797. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Oratio*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Sep 1797 (read 3 Apr 1797; AKL 22 Sep 1797, publ.), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-70., \[1, err.\], \[1, impr.\]. *Copies*: B-S, G, KNAW, U. *Ref*.: Johnson, D.E., Huntia 6(1): 98 (no. 389). 1985. ##### n.16.431. Naamlyst der geneesryke plantgewassen **Title** *Naamlyst der geneesryke plantgewassen*, in den Amsterdamschen kruidtuin... Amsterdam (by W. Holtrop) 1804. **Abbreviated title**: *Naaml. geneesr. plantgew.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1804, p. \[i-vi\], 1-32, \[1\]. *Copy*: fide J. Kuijlen 1983 q.v. – Counts as first edition of *Cat. pl. med.* see below. ##### n.16.432. Catalogus plantarum medicinalium **Title** Gerardi Vrolik *Catalogus plantarum medicinalium* in Pharmacopoea batava memoratarum. Editio altera auctior. Accedit introductio de studio botanico recte instituendo. Amstelodami \[Amsterdam\] (apud Guilielmum Holtrop) 1805. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. pl. med.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Aug 1805 (AKL; Kon. Bibl. 's Gravenhage rd. 3 Sep 1805), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-165, \[166\], 2 charts. *Copy*: G, Natl. Libr. Med. – Counts as ed. 2 of *Naamlijst geneesr. plantgew.* 1805. *Ed. 3*: 25 Jun 1813 (p. vi: 29 Apr 1813; AKL), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-178, \[1, err.\]. *pl. 1-2. Copies*: KNAW, NY. *Ed*. \[*4*\]: 16-21 Mai 1825 (p. 4: 25 Apr 1825, Ned. Staatscourant rd. 16-21 Mai 1825), p. \[i\*\], \[1\]-4, \[i\]-xl, \[1\]-176, 2 charts. *Copies*: BR, Yale Univ. Libr. ##### n.16.433. Elenchus plantarum horti medici amstelodamensis **Title** *Elenchus plantarum horti medici amstelodamensis*. 1807. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Elench. pl. hort. amstel.* **Notes** *1807*: 1807, p. \[1\]-48. *Copy*: G. *Addenda for 1808 and 1809*: 1809, p. 49-56. *Copy*: G. *1821*: 1821 (p. \[iv\]: 3 Apr 1821), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-84. *Copies*: G, HH, U, U-UB. – *Elenchus plantarum* quae in horto amstelaedamensi coluntur. Ex Typographia Civitatis Amstelaedamensis \[1821\]. ##### n.16.434. Waarnemingen en proeven over de **Title** *Waarnemingen en proeven over de* onlangs geheerscht hebbende *ziekte der aardappelen*, ... Amsterdam (C.G. Sulpke) 1845. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Waarn. ziekte aardappelen*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 15 Nov-31 Dec 1845 (p. vi: Nov 1845, p. 22: 15 Nov 1845), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-22. *Copies*: FH, PH. *Addenda*: 1846 (p. vi: Mar 1846), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-15, *1 pl. Copy*: FH. – *Nadere waarnemingen en proeven over de* onlangs geheerscht hebbende *ziekte der aardappelen*, Amsterdam (C.G. Sulpke) 1846. Oct. *French version*: 1846 (Bot. Zeit. rev. 14 Aug 1846), p. \[i\]-vi, \[1\]-32, *1 pl*. (col. lith.). *Copies*: FH, NY. – *Observations et expériences relatives à la maladie des pommes de terre*,... Amsterdam (G.M.P. Londonck) 1846. Oct. (*Obs. pommes de terre*).