Live auction - Lot 461

Seminarium, et plantarium fructiferarum praesertim arborum quae post hortos conseri solent [enl. ed.]. Huic accessit alter libellus de conserendis arboribus in seminario : deque iis in plantarium transferendis atque inserendis.

Subject: [Botany]

ESTIENNE, Charles

€ 450 / 650

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Lot description

Paris, R. Estienne, 5 May 1540

8vo: 193-[23] pp. (sl. browning).

Mod. half vellum, red edges. Excellent copy.

Enlarged ed. (1st 1536) of one of Ch. Estienne's (1504-1564) books for children, dealing with the cultivation of fruit trees (pomology). Also of lexicographical interest (index with French trsls). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. Renouard 49 no. 3. - Schreiber 61. - Buisson p. 263. - Adams S-1743. - BnF. - Not in Durling.