Primrose (Primula) Primrose two strokes. / Primula Veris Austriaca Duo genera. / Deux esp脙篓ces de prime vere d'austriche (title on object); Two types of primrose. Numbered top right: 262. At the top the Latin name. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch; Latin and French.; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 258 mm 脙鈥?w 189 mm