Live veiling - Lot 1055
[Medicine]
Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen.
Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp & son, 1796
Hamerprijs: €
700
€ 900 / 1.200
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Beschrijving lot
3 (of 6) vol., 8vo.
Contemp. binding, sp. paper over boards, flat spines (corners bumped and rubbed, spines faded, sm. def.). Uncut copy.
Edited by D.L. Oskamp, M. Houttuyn and J.C. Krauss. Ill. with 300 numb. engraved plates, all hand-coloured. Each volume contains 100 ill. of medicinal plants, trees and herbs taken from Johannes Zorn, with short descriptions in Dutch (from Houttuyn's "Natuurlijke historie") and Latin (from Gmelin's edition of "Linnaeus's Systema natura") plus an account of their pharmaceutical applications in Dutch. Wood-engr. vign. on titles.
Ref. Landwehr, Coloured plates, 2. - STCN. - BnF. - Not in Blake, BL.