- First ±10 and final ±30 lvs. sl. waterst.; engr. title lacks lower outer corner; 1 ill. w. tear along right borderline; below most ills. reference to Linnaeus, Species Plantarum in pen and ink; (erroneously) bound w. a variant leaf of p.381-382. Extremities sl. rubbed/ worn. Good copy, from the library of dr. Elize Grendel (bookplate one first free endpaper).
= Nissen, BBI 859; Pritzel 3991; Hunt 378: "He did excellent, vigorous work in depicting his plants". List of the plants in the botanical garden of Leyden University, created by Leyden professor of botany and medicine Paul Hermann (1646-1695).
- Four fold. plates splitting on (partly closed) browned folds/ creased along folds/ strengthened margins/ sl. dam. (without loss); sl. later owner's entry on first free endpaper. Top of spine chipped; corners worn.
= Henrey 848.
- Trifle foxed. Bindings sl. foxed. = Cf. Nissen, BBI 951.
- Fine set. = Cf. Nissen 1033.
- Occas. trifle foxed. Bindings worn/ rubbed; vol.2 backstrip w. 2 dam. spots (clumsily restored).
= Pritzel 5002; "The first flora of France, using a 'méthodique analytique'." (Hunt 653). "His innovation was the establishment of dichotomous keys to aid in the identification of French plants; by eliminating large groups of plants at each stage through the use of mutually exclusive characteristics, the given name of any plant could be rapidly determined. This "method of analysis," as Lamarck called it, was much easier to use in identifying plants than Linnaeus' artificial system of classification (...). Lamarck's new approach and his criticisms of Linnaeus impressed Buffon, who arranged to have the Flore published by the government." (DSB VII, p.585).
- Lacks frontisp. portrait; (crossed out) annots. in pen and ink on upper pastedown, title-p. and plates; new first free endpaper; sl. browned; 1 plate sl. stained. Vellum soiled; 2 bumped spots.
= Hulth 78; Soulsby 437. One of Linnaeus' major works, of great importance for the development of systematic botany.
- Lacks letterpress htitle and the part Pugillus rariorum plantarum but its engr. htitle present; contents (sl.) browned/ foxed; plates fine (despite some foxing). Covers loose.
= Rare. Pritzel 6093; Cleveland Herbal 275; Zischka 216; not in Nissen, BBI. "Auf seinen Studienreisen sammelte [Mentzel] Pflanzen, die er aufgrund ihrer morphologischen Beschaffenheit systematisch einzuteilen suchte, wobei er erkannte, hierin ein Vorläufer Linnés, daß die Sexualität der Pflanzen dafür die Grundlage sein müsse. (...) Der Index der Pflanzennamen (1682) vereinigt die beiden Hauptinteressen des Verfassers, seine botanischen und philologischen Neigungen. In Verbindung mit dem Index entwarf er die Grundzüge einer wissenschaftlichen Pflanzengeographie. M. zählt zu den bedeutendsten Botanikern des 17. Jh." (NDB 17, p.94ff).
- First and final 4 lvs. foxed. Rebacked.
= With prize awarded to James Youngson, 1895 on upper pastedown.
AND 4 others in 5 vols., i.a. J. QUINBY and A. STEVENSON (ed.), Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (Mansfield Center, n.d. (±1990), 2 vols., plates, printed in 150 copies, orig. unif. giltlettered cl. Facs. reprint of the edition Pittsburgh, 1958-1961).
= Facs. ed. with accomp. vol. incl. a transcription, translation and critical apparatus of the manuscript.
Ortus Sanitatis. Würzburg, G. Popp, 1978, 2 vols., (420); (324)p., printed in 500 numb. copies, orig. unif. boards, 4to, in orig. slipcase.
= Facs. ed. of the copy of this natural history encyclopaedia in the Civica Biblioteca di Bergamo (orig. ed. Venice, 1511).
AND 2 others in 3 vols., i.a. M.C. DE BOODT-MASELIS, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt (Brugge 1550-1632). Een Vlaams humanist met Europese faam. Gevolgd door een reproductie van het kruidboek (1640) met Nederlandse vertaling door E.H. De Schrijver (Handzame, 1981, num. (fold.) facs. plates, orig.(?) artif. leather, 4to).
- Occas. sl. foxed; scattered libr. stamps. Extremities sl. worn; plate vol. rebacked w. use of former backstrip.
= Nissen, BBI 1475.
- Upper hinge strengthened w. cl. tape; bookplate of prof. J. Lanjouw on upper pastedown. Binding faded.
= Rare. "De Verhandeling van den heer Reynoso is ontegenzeggelijk het eerste werk over het suikerriet, waarin stelselmatig, geregeld en volgens een vast plan eene algemeene harmonie wordt gebragt tusschen de cultuur van die plant en de wetten van den landbouw, en zulks na alvorens de plant zelve te hebben geraadpleegd, volgens het beroemde voorschrift van Boussingault. Uit dat oogpunt is het werk van de schrijver geenszins eene uitsluitend aan Cuba alleen bewezene dienst; integendeel, voor allen, die zich met de cultuur van suikerriet bezighouden of belang daarin stellen (...) is deze Verhandeling een wetboek en een onfeilbare gids (...)" (introduction).
Hall, H.C. van. Handboek der Kruidkunde (tweede, verbeterde uitgave der Elementa botanices). Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1846, VIII,308,(4)p., contemp. hcl. w. use of orig. wr.
- First and final 3 textlvs. sl. browned; tear in title-p. Wr. sl. stained/ frayed.
AND 3 others, i.a. J. SCHLEIDEN, Populaire voorlezingen over de plant en haar leven (Amst., 1854, 5 (chromo)lithogr. plates, textills., contemp. hcalf).
= Rare.
Zaccone, P. (introd.). Nouveau langage des fleurs avec la nomenclature des sentiments dont chaque fleur est le symbole et leur emploi pour l'expression des pensées. Paris, V. Lecou, 1853, (4),209,(3)p., chromolithogr. title and 17 plates, contemp. hmor.
- Lower hinge broken; sl. foxed; interleaved w. contemp. annots. Spine rubbed.
- Both vols. w. owner's entry on title-p./ first blank; vol. 1 partly sl. waterst. in upper blank margin; vol. 2 occas. sl. foxed. Both vols. spines sunned; extremities sl. worn.
= Horblit 73b; PMM 356; DSB XIV, p.95-105; Garrison/ Morton 240: "Mendel's fundamental work was overlooked until 1900, when De Vries and others brought it into prominence and confirmed it in every respect."
AND 2 others by the same.
- Plates (sl.) foxed. Attractively rebound w. original use of the original frontcover.
= Cf. Nissen ZBI 588; Espenhorst (Engl.) p.805-808 ("richly illustrated", "huge international success"). Nice plates showing a large variety of animals, flowers and minerals, and two plates of the heads/ skulls of different human races and the human skeleton and internal body parts.
- Mostly fine. = Contains i.a racing news, technical information and information on car meetings.
- One vol. bookblock loose.
AND 1 other: AUTOMOBILES DE DION-NOUTON. Tarif des Pièces de Rechange & Accessoires (Paris, 1902, orig. wr., sm. 8vo).
- Wrapper sl. soiled/ creased.
= "De Chevrolet 1927 - de "mooiste Chevrolet van alle" - is een van de grootste triomfen, die de automobiel-techniek ooit heeft behaald" (title-p.), presenting the 7 models Roadster, Touring, Coupe, Coach, Sedan, Landau Sedan and Sport Cabriolet.