Elementa botanica, genera genuina, species naturales omnium vegetabilium detectorum eorumque characteres diagnosticos ac peculiares exhibentia, secundum systema omologicum seu naturale evulgata.

xxxii-389, [4]-460, [4]-456 pp. [bound with] ID. - Corollarium ad Philos. botanicam Linnaei spectans, generis, speciei naturalis &c. Ibid., 1790, 29-[2-1 bl.] pp. [and with] ID. - Phytozoologie philosophique, dans laquelle on démontre comment le nombre des genres & des espèces, concernant les animaux & les végétaux, a été limité & fixé par la nature [...]. Ibid., 1790, [4]-16-78-[1-1 bl.] pp. 3 works in 3 vol., 8vo.

Cont. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines on 5 raised bands (some min. def. at heads), red leather title labels, speckled edges, marbled endpapers. Nice set.

First editions of these 3 works by the Belgian physician and botanist N.J. Necker (1730-1793), all in a uniform binding. "The original edition of the "Elementa botanica" was published at the same time as the "Corollarium" and the "Phytozoologie philosophique". The three publications were sold together but were also obtainable seperately" (Stafleu & Cowan). Illustrated with an author's portrait and 64 engr. pls (incl. 11bis, 13bis, 14bis, 25bis, 41bis, 52-54bis and 45ter). ''Traité vraiment unique et original dans son genre. Il est le fruit de douze années de réflexions, de recherches et de profondes méditations'' (Quérard). Ref. Pritzel 6636-6637 (mentions the "Phytozoologie"). - Nissen (BBI) 1436 (does not mention the "Phytozoologie") .- Quérard VI:395. - Stafleu & Cowan III:6670-6672.