- Title-vignettes and a few plates in later handcolouring. Covers sl. chafed. Otherwise a fine, complete set.
= Nissen, BBI 547. Many of the plates were printed from the blocks used for the large plates in Mattioli's herbal, New Kreuterbuch (1563). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LII.
- Lacks 5 plates (as often). Bindings w. a few sl. dam./ rubbed spots. Otherwise a very fine and clean set.
= Influential work on 18th-century (French) arboriculture and pomology, dealing i.a. with (several varieties of) pears, plums, apples, cherries, almonds, loquats and apricots; first published in 1768. Nissen, BBI 550; Stafleu 1546; Hunt 664; Pritzel 2466. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- Upper hinge sl. weak; annot. on lower pastedown. Top of spine lacks sm. portion/ worn; corners showing.
= Klaversma/ Hannema 545. Comprehensive description of all kinds of natural vegetation of the Northern part of Holland and Germany (especially Friesland). Very rare first edition. Cf. De Natuur, year 44, no.1: D. Koopmans-Forstmann, Een en ander over de "Friesche Lustgaarde" van Simon Abbes Gabbema (1925).
- One textleaf sl. creased in lower outer corner.
= Nissen 736. The first edition was published in 1790, without illustrations. The original drawings by Goethe are reproduced in this edition for the first time.
- New endpapers. Contents fine.
= As usual without the 2 supplements. Pritzel 3477. Not in Nissen, BBI.
- Some occas. foxing; new endpapers. Vellum stained.
= Springer p.28. Nice, frequently reprinted work, these parts on gardening and garden architecture. The first part was written by Jan van der Groen, private gardener of Prince William of Orange, the second part was written by Pieter Nylandt, well-known Amsterdam physician and pharmacist, dealing with the work that has to be done in the garden each month.
- Vols. fine and clean.
= Nicely illustrated work treating the history and bibliography of over 1500 botanical, horti- and silvicultural books, printed in the UK from the 16th to the 19th century.
= All lvs. dated and w. indication of the specific location where the herbal matter was gathered, i.a. "Witte Singel, Leiden, April 1877", "Piramide van Austerlitz. Aug 1877", "Piet Gijzenbrug en Noordwijkerhout. 6 Juni 1879" and "Duifhuislaantje 3 Jan. 1881". Nice compositions.
ADDED: a red velvet "Poesie" album (chromolithogr. title, 1st leaf w. 4 scraps and "Ter herinnering aan de dagen te Amsterdam doorgebracht" in pen and ink, the rest unused).
= Cf. Nissen, BBI 951.
Pratt, A. Wild Flowers. London, SPCK, 1857, 2 vols., VI,192; VIII,195p., num. col. lithogr. plates, orig. unif. blindst. gilt cl., sm. 8vo.
- Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
AND 4 others.
- Bindings trifle rubbed along extremities. Good/ fine copy.
= First vol. warranted by the author. Scarce first editions. In 1762 a third volume was published on medicinal plants. Landwehr 43; Tol 33.
- Lacks 106 plates as well as num. textleaves (incl. title-p. to vol.1); approx. 25 plates of vol.1 waterstained, almost all exclusively in lower blank corner.
= Nissen BBI, 1081. Sold as a collection prints, not subject to return. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- Lacks 12 plates and 8 textleaves. Occas. trifle foxed/ waterstained; plates in fine condition. Binding sl. worn; joints starting/ splitting; letterpiece sl. dam.
= Nissen, BBI 1102; Great Flower Books p.63; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 98; Pritzel 4872. One of the finest Dutch books on trees and shrubs, originally published in 21 parts. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- Lacks 24 plates and 22 text leaves. Partly yellowed and occas. foxed. Upper hinge broken. Otherwise in good/ fine condition.
= Nissen, BBI 1102; Great Flower Books p.63; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 98; Pritzel 4872. One of the finest Dutch books on trees and shrubs, originally published in 21 parts.
- Lacks 1 plate. Partly (sl.) waterstained (mostly in margins); occas. sl. soiled; title-p. and 2 plates (sm.) tears repaired w. tape on verso.
= One of the most famous Dutch works on the planning and cultivation of country gardens, with much attention given to fruit- and kitchen-gardens. This was the work with which De la Court introduced successful pineapple-growing in Europe, as a result of which the pineapple became a popular fruit in Europe. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3406; Springer p.42-43; Oldenburger-Ebbers/ Stehouwer, Doc.18E., no. 40, p.6-7: "(...) tot nu toe vroegst bekende verhandeling over het aanleggen van tuinen in Holland. In dit werk getuigt Pieter de la Court van een oorspronkelijke visie op de vormgeving van tuinen, waarbij hij uitgaat van de Hollandse situatie (...)". First published 1737.
- Contemp. owner's entry verso first free endpaper; 20th cent. owner's entry on title.
= De Ganay 68; cf. Springer p.34.
- A few leaves (incl. 3 plates) sl. waterstained. Covers rubbed. = Nissen, ZBI 2011; Nissen, BBI 940.
- Both vols. bookplate on upper pastedown and first free endpaper. Vol.1 one plate w. tear in upper blank margin; 2 plates sl. browned. Vol.2 two plates w. sm. holes; one plate sl. browned.
= Nissen, BBI 1291; Pritzel 5929. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
- Lacks 2 plates and htitle; plates yellowed; text lvs. sl. foxed. Upper joint sl. worn; corners showing.
= Nissen, BBI 1388; Pritzel 6257. Ekama I, 373: "An interesting and scarce work on the poisonous plants in the Netherlands, by this eminent botanist."
Rombouts, J.G.H. and Merkus Doornik, J.J.F.H.T. Flora Amstelaedamensis, plantarum quae prope et circa Amstelaedamum sponte nascuntur enumeratio et descriptio. Utr./ Amst., C. van der Post Jr./ C.G. van der Post, 1852, LX,136p., contemp. gilt hcalf.
- Spine-ends trifle rubbed/ worn. = Pritzel 6364.
Bos, H. Leerboek der plantkunde. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1892, 1st ed., (8),339,(1),(4 publ. cat.)p., 32 col. lithogr. plates, woodengr. ills., orig. blindst. cl.
- Textp. (sl.) browned; plates sl. foxed.
AND 11 others (incl. 2 duplicates), i.a. S.J. VAN GEUNS, Plantarum Belgii foederati indigenarum spicilegium (Harderwijk, 1788, modern hcl.) and its Dutch translation: Verhandeling over de inlandsche plantgewassen (Haarlem, 1789, modern hcl.).
- One of 3 vols. only; plates occas. sl. foxed.
= The first and only major flora published of Sardinia and adjacent islands. Pritzel 6461; Nissen, BBI 1410. Very rare.