LOBEL, Matthias de.- Plantarum seu Stirpium historia [...] [- Nova stirpium adversaria [...],- Formulae aliquot remediorum [...],- In stirpium observationes et adversaria [...]].
Estimation :
2000 / 2500
Adjudication :
2 000 €
Description
Antverpia, ex officina Christophorus Plantinus, 1576. 4 parts in 1 vol. in-f° : 671 [i.e. 675, engraved title incl.], [4, engraved title incl.]-471-[1 bl.], 15-[1 bl.], 24-[15] pp. (a few cancels of which 1 sticked on the engraving of p. 133 in part I and 1 on p. 400 in part II, a few errors in pagination but complete, numerous spotting, some little wormholes, some browned pp., last page repaired with small loss of text). 19th century binding (?) : threequarter pigskin with blind tooled patterns, boards covered with re-used green painted vellum (liturgical musical manuscript), ribbed spine (rubbed, corners strongly dulled, some wormholes, little loss of vellum on the lower board). FIRST PLANTINIAN EDITION of this botany work by the Flemish physician and botanist Lobel (1538-1616), illustrated with more than 1.700 woodcuts engraved by Cornelius Muller, Gérard Janssen van Campen, Arnold Nicolai and Antoine vander Leest, after Pieter vander Borcht. Contains 4 parts : a) "Plantarum seu Stirpium historia" : in variant B (which is "the "normal" one", cfr Voet), written between 1571-1576, concerning especially the plants in the Netherlands and in Belgium followed by the "De succedaneis, imitatione Rondeletii" giving substition medicines and the organisation of drawyers for the plants conservation. The "Stirpium" was in fact the complement of the "Nova stirpium adversaria" but Plantin placed it first in his edition, b) "Nova stirpium adversaria" : published in London in 1570-1571 under Lobel's name and the one of his friend Pierre Pena (1520/1535-1600/1605), which is an introduction to classical medicine describing c. 1.400 species followed by the "Appendix nonnullarum stirpium" dealing with 34 rare plants which were, at that time, newly introduced in Belgium, c) "Formula aliquot remediorum" : formula remedies after the notes of the French doctor Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566), professor of Lobel, d) "In stirpium observationes et adversaria" : indexes in Latin, French, German, Dutch, English, Portuguese and Italian.
Many copies of the "Stirpium adversaria nova" remained unsold, Plantin bought 800 of them. He "re-arranged somewhat the English publication, added an appendix, and added also, but with separate pagination, an Index and the "Formulae Guillielmi Rondelletii" (cfr Voet). The "Stirpium" and the "Adversaria" are preceded by a typographical title within a portico (Plantin's mark on the first). Large medallion figuring Lobel's emblem with his motto "Candore et spe" by A. vander Leest at the back of the dedicatory of the "Stirpium".
# Voet III-1406/1411; # BB III-1128/1133; # Adams L-1382 ("Stirpium"); # Machiels L-415 and 416; # BT I-1975, II-8668 and 8669; # USTC 412517 and 401688; # Nissen, BBI, 1218; # Pritzel 5548; # not in Soltész.
Provenance : Thomas Lauth (ex-libris).
Première édition plantinienne de cet ouvrage illustré de plus de 1.700 bois in texto. Les "Nova stiripium adversaria" ou "Stirpium adversaria nova" furent publiées pour la première fois en 1570-1571 à Londres. Plantin reprit l'ouvrage, le réarrangea et l'augmenta. Demi-peau de truie à coins du 19e s. (?) estampée à froid (taches passim, qqs pet. défauts, rel. us.).
Many copies of the "Stirpium adversaria nova" remained unsold, Plantin bought 800 of them. He "re-arranged somewhat the English publication, added an appendix, and added also, but with separate pagination, an Index and the "Formulae Guillielmi Rondelletii" (cfr Voet). The "Stirpium" and the "Adversaria" are preceded by a typographical title within a portico (Plantin's mark on the first). Large medallion figuring Lobel's emblem with his motto "Candore et spe" by A. vander Leest at the back of the dedicatory of the "Stirpium".
# Voet III-1406/1411; # BB III-1128/1133; # Adams L-1382 ("Stirpium"); # Machiels L-415 and 416; # BT I-1975, II-8668 and 8669; # USTC 412517 and 401688; # Nissen, BBI, 1218; # Pritzel 5548; # not in Soltész.
Provenance : Thomas Lauth (ex-libris).
Première édition plantinienne de cet ouvrage illustré de plus de 1.700 bois in texto. Les "Nova stiripium adversaria" ou "Stirpium adversaria nova" furent publiées pour la première fois en 1570-1571 à Londres. Plantin reprit l'ouvrage, le réarrangea et l'augmenta. Demi-peau de truie à coins du 19e s. (?) estampée à froid (taches passim, qqs pet. défauts, rel. us.).
