Cruydt-Boeck [...] met biivoegsels achter elck capittel, uyt verscheyden cruydtbeschrijvers: Item in 't laetste een beschryvinge vande Indiaensche gewassen, meest getrocken wt de schriften van Carolus Clusius.

Folio: [4]-1580-[79-1 bl.] pp. (dampstaining mostly in the margins and on first quires, some tiny wormholes and wormtracks, usual browning).

Old (contemp. ?) calf over wood (used), spine with 6 raised bands (head and tail restored, upper joint splitting, head def., cracks in spine), clasps and catches pres.

Great botanical encyclopaedia by Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585). Ill. with an engr. title by W. Swan and ca. 1382 woodcut ill. of plants. Text printed in 2 cols and in Gothic type.
Ref. BB II:220-222:D-118. - Nissen 518. - Pritzel 2345. - Bibl. Med. Neerl. I 502. - STCN. - BnF. - Not in Krivatsy, Wellcome.
Prov. "Guillelmus Vermeersch, Mannekensvere 1736" (ms. ownership entry). - "Abraham Lowagie, Westende 1766" (bought it from Guillelmus, ms. ownership entry on front. flylvs). - "Pieter Lauwagie" (son of Abraham, ms. ownership entry). - Libr. labels and stamps. - Ownership notes on verso flylvs and half title.