Live veiling - Lot 866
[Botany]
Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive libri XXX. Varie ab auctore, paullo ante mortem, aucti & emendati.
DODOENS, Rembertus
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Beschrijving lot
Antwerp, Plantin Press (B. & J. Moretus), 1616
Folio: [16]-872-[66] pp. (title remargined, pp. 623-624 missing large lower corner with loss of text, printer's mark at the end sl. covered on the edges by another endpaper, some tears esp. in the margins, min. spotting and dampstaining).
Mod. brown leather, gilt orn. spine with 6 raised bands, sp. edges. Nice imitation of an old binding.
Second Latin ed. (first 1583) of this monumental botanical study divided into 6 large sections and 26 groups by R. Dodoens (1517-1585). Illustrated with an engr. architectural title and +/- 1340 woodcuts representing plants.
Ref. BB II:223-224:D-119. - Nissen (BBI) 517. - Pritzel 2350.
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