Lot n° 999

[Botany - Leiden Hortus] - Spigelius, Adrianus - Isagoges in rem herbariam libri duo [with]

Estimation : €150/200
Adjudication : 340 €
Description
[VORSTIUS, Adolphus - Catalogus plantarum omnium Horti Academici Lugduno-Batavi]. Leiden, Elzevier Press, 1633, 2 works in 1 vol., 24mo, old calf (rubbed, def. at head), richly gilt flat spine, red edges, marbled endpapers, 272-[16] pp. Good copy. 2nd ed. (1st 1606) of the Isagoge by Spigelius (1578-1625), “the 1st book to give detailed instructions for the forming of a collection of dried plants” (Hunt). it also contains the 1st ed. of the catalogus by A. Vorstius (1597-1663) of the Leiden Hortus. Engr. title. Mod. bookpl. Ref. Willems 391. STCN (i.a. BL). Pritzel 8827. Bibl. Med. Neerl. I:502. Krivatsy 11302. Wellcome I:6041.
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