Live auction - Lot 705

[Pharmacology]

OSKAMP, Dirk Leonard; HOUTTUYN, Martinus; KRAUSS, Johan Carl

Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen.

Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp & Zoon, 1796-1800

€ 1.500 / 2.500

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6 vol., 8vo (vol. 1: lacking *3-4 (= "Voorbericht") compaired to digitised copies, pl. 198-200 and interleaved pp. spotted, soiled and written on (!) in pencil; vol. 3: lacking half title and title; vol. 4: lacking half title, title and a1; vol. 5: lacking half title).

Cardboard binding, marbled paper over covers, spines on 5 raised bands (some sm. def. at heads tails and joints).

Edited by Oskamp, Houttuyn and Krauss. Ill. with 600 numb. engraved plates, all hand-coloured. Each volume contains 100 ill. of medicinal plants, trees and herbs taken from Zorn, with short descriptions in Dutch (from Houttuyn's "Natuurlijke historie") and Latin (from Gmelin's edition of Linnaeus's "Systema Naturae") plus an account of their pharmaceutical applications in Dutch. Wood engr. on each of the 4 present titles. With list of subscribers in vol. 1-3.
Ref. Landwehr, Coloured plates, 2. - STCN. - BnF. - Not in Blake, BL.
Prov. B. Van Neste (stamp in vol. 1).

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Lot 705

Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen.

OSKAMP, Dirk Leonard; HOUTTUYN, Martinus; KRAUSS, Johan Carl

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