Live veiling - Lot 726
[Botany]
Abrégé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles; dans lequel on donne leurs noms différens, tant françois que latins [...]. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée.
CHOMEL, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste
€ 100 / 120
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Beschrijving lot
Paris, Nyon, 1761
3 vols, 12mo: xvi-429, [4]-428, [4]-265-[6] pp. (sl. browned, tear repaired v. II p. 51, some occ. foxing or soiling).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt spines with raised bands, marbled edges (worn, some scratchings and spots, some light skinning, blunt to nude corners...).
Enlarged edition by Chomel's son Jean-Baptiste-Louis (1st ed.: 1712, often re-edited till 1803), ill. with a portrait-frontispiece and dealing with the natural virtues of plants, giving their names in Latin, the right way of studying them and their use in pharmacology, etc. Prov. Quod, doctor (handwr. mention).