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257 – (Botanique) -
GERARDE, John.- The Herball, or Generall historie of plantes;
very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Johnson, citizen and apothecarye,
of London.
London, Adam Islip, Joice Norton & Richard Whitakers, 1636.
In-f° : [40]-1630 [i.e. 1634]-[44 (sur 48)] pp. (incomplete of the engr. title, the portrait and of 2 lvs at the end
of which 1 bl., copy soiled, marginal dampstains, foxing, marginal tears with lacks and some larger without
lacks, stains, small mould in some margins, pp. 1581-1585 inverted and bound between pp. 1578 and 1579,
pp. at end damaged).
Contemporary binding : calf, ribbed spine with gilt fillets, red edges (used, spine and joints renewed, lower edge
of upper board repaired, scratches, lacks, corners lacking, flyleaves renewed).
Est.
:
800/ 1.000 €
Famous work of the English botanist and herbalist Gerarde (c. 1545-1612) illustrated with c.
1.800 woodcuts in the text (1
st
ed. : 1597). The author widely translated Dodoen's "Cruydt-
boek" but added some plants from his own garden at Holborn and from North America. He
is the first or one of the first to mention potatoes. Most extensively circulated botany book
in English during the 17
th
Century.
# Nissen, BBI, 689; # Pritzel 3282.
▲ Provenance : Robert Walter Carew Hunt (emblazoned ex-libris).
¶ Fameux ouvrage du botaniste anglais Gerarde illustré de c. 1.800 in texto. Plein veau de l'ép.
(incomplet du titre gravé, du portrait et de 2 ff. à la fin, ex. défraîchi, dos et mors refaits, us.).
258 – (Botanique) -
Herbals of five centuries. 50 original leaves from German,
French, Dutch, English, Italian and Swiss herbals with an introduction and
bibliography by Claus Nissen.
Zurich, L’Art ancien; Olten, Weiss-Hesse; Munich, Robert Wölfle, 1958.
2 vol. TEXT, in-4° sewed (trace on upper cover of the strip holding it).— PLATES, in-f° : 50 lvs under passe-
partout with pasted-on captions (some lvs slightly browned and/or with damages). Under common linen
folding-box with a titled green label.
Est.
:
600/ 700 €
Complete set
of this collection of original leaves, mainly hand-coloured, extracted from
15
th
to 19
th
Century editions as the Herbarius Moguntius, Ortus Sanitatis, works of Leonhart
Fuchs, Pierandrea Mattioli, Rembert Dodoens, Benjamin Maund, etc. Issued to 100 copies.
With the monograph of Claus Nissen "Herbals of five centuries. A contribution to medical
history and bibliography".
¶ Complet des 50 ff., la plupart rehaussés, sous passe-partout avec étiq. légendées, extraits d'ouvrages
du 15e au 19e s. Sous emboîtage (qqs ff. lég. brunis et/ou avec défauts).
259 – (Botanique) -
KRAUSS, Johan Carl.- Afbeeldingen der fraaiste, meest
uitheemsche boomen en heesters, die tot versiering van Engelsche bosschen
en tuinen, op onzen grond kunnen geplant en gekweekt worden.
Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp & zoon, 1802 [- 1808].
In-4° : 93 (sur 126) pl. (int. frais).
Rel. de l'époque : demi-chagrin brun à coins, plats de percaline chagrinée rouge, dos à nerfs (défraîchi et us.,
coupes et coins émoussés, etc.).
Est.
:
500/ 600 €
93 jolies planches botaniques gravées et finement rehaussées à l'aquarelle figurant
robiniers, spirées, érables, cornouillers, chèvrefeuilles, cytises... Volume de planches seul
(sans le vol. de texte).
# Nissen 1102; # GFB p. 63.