Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive libri XXX. Varie ab auctore, paullo ante mortem, aucti & emendati.

Folio: [16]-872-[66] pp. (margin of title underl., browned, dampstaining on upper margins throughout).

Contemp. calf, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (corners rubbed and bumped, sides and covers rubbed, joints splitting, def. at head and tail).

Second Latin edition (1st 1583) of this monumental botanical study divided into 6 large sections by R. Dodoens (1517-1585). Ill. with an engr. architectural title and +/- 1340 woodcuts representing plants of which some hand-coloured.
Ref. BB II:223-224:D-119. - Nissen (BBI) 517. - Pritzel 2350.