Pomegranate/Rhodi

Dapper, Olfert. "Bloisem en Vrucht van den Granaetboom" Amsterdam Wolfgangh, Waesbergen, Boom. Someren en Goethals 1688
Copper engraving of the Pomegranate or Rhodi, native to the Island of Rhodos for which it is named. Set in a page of Duch text[page 295].
From Olfert Dapper's" Naukeurige Beschryving der Eilanden in de Archipel der Middelantsche Zee"1688. Single page, folio, text to verso. Dark Impression. wide margins. Some show through of text from verso.

The pomegranate or rhodi is grown all over Greece but is firmly associated with Rhodos from where it gets its name. it is a symbol of Good Luck and is given as a token of such.
Olfert Dapper: "Naukeurige Beschryving der Eilanden inde Archipel der Miidlantsche Zee" 1688 first edition with Dutch text.
127 by 167mm (5 by 6½ inches).   ref: 1075  €30