Adolphus Ypey [SEP] educated at
Adolphus Ypey
Adolphus Ypey or Adolphus Ypeus or Adolf Ypey (4 June 1749, Franeker - 27 February 1822, Leiden), was a Dutch botanist and Doctor of Philosophy and Medicine who graduated at the University of Franeker and stayed on to lecture in botany. He later lectured in Medicine at the University of Leyden.
He was the son of professor Nicolaas Ypey.
His graduate dissertation was entitled "Dissertatio philosophica inauguralis de igne" with academic advisor Jan Hendrik van Swinden.
Ypey is best known for his richly
"" in Amsterdam by J. C. Sepp & Zoon. It was illustrated by 600 handcoloured engraved plates, the Dutch text being from Martinus Houttuyn`s ""Natuurlijke Historie"". A rare 1813 supplement by Adolphus Ypey also contains 100 plates. A further supplement of 12 plates and 12 pages of text was published later.
He was passionate about the flora of the New World and published ""Dreyhundert auserlesene amerikanische Gewachse"" with 250 coloured plates, the majority after Jacquin's ""Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia""