Lot n° 1001

Botany - DODONAEUS, Rembertus - Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive libri XXX. Varie ab auctore, paullo ante mortem, aucti & emendati. Antwerp, B. & J. Moretus, 1616

Estimation : 750 / 750
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
folio, cont. calf (rebacked, corners rubbed and bumped, scratches and sm. def. on covers, loosening), spine on 6 raised bands (joints rubbed, head and tail rubbed, sm. def. at head), [16]-872-[66] pp. (margins of title and 1st leaves browned and defect., inside clean). Good copy. 2nd Latin ed. (first 1583) of this monumental botanical study divided into 6 large sections and 26 groups by R. Dodoens (1517-1585). Illustrated with an engr. architectural title and +/- 1340 woodcuts representing plants. The largest part of these ills were already printed in other botanical studies by Dodonaeus, Clusius and Lobelius. Ticket of the Chester Library on flyleaf.
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