2390 - 2685 BOTANY, GARDENS AND GARDENING, HUSBANDRY - The Collection of Jan Meemelink
- Occas. trifle foxed. Both bindings w. vague whiteish remains of polish (?). A fine copy.
= Nissen, BBI 1357. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- First vol. sm. bookseller's ticket on upper pastedown; 2nd vol bookblock loosening; content sl. browned. Some vols. covers soiled.
= Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Band I (1 vol.), Band II (2 vols.) and Band III (6 vols.). Nissen, BBI 1947.
ADDED: Band XI, 2 Die Pilze (Schlußband) Lieferung 311-314 (Leipsic, 1934, in 4 parts as issued, ills., orig. unif. printed wr.)
- Occas. sl. soiled. Binding worn along extremities; joints splitting; covers rubbed. = Henrey 1132.
- Occas. sl. soiled; new endpapers. Binding worn along extremities; joints dam. = Pritzel 6239.
- More or less foxed as usual. Vellum on spine and corners yellowed from glue of former protective cover.
= Pritzel 6237 (note); not in Nissen. The first Dutch edition of "The Gardener's Dictionary", published in 1731. "Under his direction the physic garden gained an international renown, enhanced by the authority of Miller's several publications, the most influential of which was The Gardener's Dictionary (...). This went through many editions, remaining a definitive work for over a century and highly praised by Linnaeus (...)" (British gardeners).
- Vol. 2 sl. foxed at the beginning; one plate waterst. Spine-ends sl. worn/ dam.
= Large paper copy. Pritzel 6237 (note); not in Nissen. The first Dutch edition of "The Gardener's Dictionary", published in 1731. "Under his direction the physic garden gained an international renown, enhanced by the authority of Miller's several publications, the most influential of which was The Gardener's Dictionary (...). This went through many editions, remaining a definitive work for over a century and highly praised by Linnaeus (...)" (British gardeners).
- Partly sl. yellowed, otherwise a fine untrimmed copy. = Rare.
- Two lvs. loose(ning); 1 plate w. sm. tear. Wrapper trifle worn.
= Cf. Fussell p.124; not in Springer.
- Backstrip pasted over w. paper tape; corners sl. worn.
- Plates sl. foxed; owner's stamp on title-p. and p.1. = Nissen, BBI 1385.
- Plates yellowed; text lvs. foxed. Binding rubbed.
= Nissen, BBI 1388; Pritzel 6257. Ekama I, 373: "An interesting and scarce work on the poisonous plants in the Netherlands, by this eminent botanist."
- Vol. 1890 owner's entry on 2nd blank; vol. 1891 one plate torn in two along central fold; vol. 1896 bookplate on upper pastedown. Bindings trifle worn. A good set.
- Occas. trifle foxed; endpapers w. sm. stains in corners; vol. 8-9 w. annots. on last free endpaper and lower pastedown; a few owner's entries in pencil in vols. 31-33; a few (upper) hinges sl. weak. Covers sl. chafed; a few vols. rebacked w. use of old backstrip.
= Nissen, BBI 2218. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- Endpapers sl. browned; plate vol. II upper hinge sl. weak. Frontcover text vol. III and backcover plate vol. III sl. soiled.
= "The need for a new Flora was already widely felt. (...) The Cambridge British Flora, under the editorship of C.E. Moss, was planned as a ten-volume encyclopaedic survey of the flora of Britain, with accounts of critical genera contributed by specialists. The two published volumes are of a very high standard, (...). The Press delayed further volumes until financial restraints eased, (...). By 1923, no further volumes had been published. (...) In July of that year the Press decided that the work "should not proceed under the current contract"." (Bunting, M.J., Briggs, D. and Block, M. The Cambridge Britsh Flora (1914-1920) in Watsonia 20). Nissen, BBI 1415.
- Bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown and first free endpaper; annots. on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed. Covers sl. rubbed.
= Pritzel 6536. Description of 1099 Danish plants and flowers.
- Contemp. annots. on upper pastedown; owner's entry on title. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities. A very fine copy.
= Pritzel 6557 and 6558; Bibl. Wall. 6760; Hunt 360; not in Nissen. Interesting attempt to identify a plant called Britannica by the ancient authors, which was used to cure scurvy. Depicting and discussing the various possibilities, Munting eventually chose for the Lapathum Longifolium Nigrum Palustre (of the Dock family). The second, most important work is a treatise on succulents, recently brought from America, illustrated with 8 plates. This work, although dated one year earlier, contains the index and errata of the first work at the end. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
- Rare LARGE PAPER copy (44,8x28 cm.). Plates partly (sl.) yellowed, occas. w. some offsetting from opposite plates. Otherwise fine.
= Nissen, BBI 1428; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 252. The unusual plates depict plants set in or floating above landscape backgrounds. "The plates are as curious as their subjects. They commonly present the plants far larger than life, oranges huge as pumpkins, cyclamens with heavy corms floating lightly in mid-air, gentle geraniums grown into giant trees. The effect is obtained through sketching in classical or idyllic [including some very Dutch views] or mountainous little landscapes below." (Hunt 404). SEE ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE CXIV.
- Both vols. contemp. owner's entries on first pastedown; sm. library stamps on pastedowns, endpapers and title-pages; vol. 1 partly trifle waterst. in blank upper margin, not affecting text. Both vols. bindings sl. soiled and restored w. vellum; vol. 1 stained. On the whole a fine copy.
= Nissen, BBI 1428; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 252. The unusual plates depict plants set in or floating above landscape backgrounds. "The plates are as curious as their subjects. They commonly present the plants far larger than life, oranges huge as pumpkins, cyclamens with heavy corms floating lightly in mid-air, gentle geraniums grown into giant trees. The effect is obtained through sketching in classical or idyllic [including some very Dutch views] or mountainous little landscapes below." (Hunt 404). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Occas. sl. waterstained/ fingersoiled in blank margin; a few leaves w. sm. inkstain; frontisp. cut sl. short. Vellum sl. soiled. Otherwise a fine copy.
= The first edition. Nissen, BBI 1430; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 251. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- One leaf w. tear, otherwise contents w. minor imperfections; handcolouring (sl.) clumsy. Wormhole in outer board edge of frontcover; extremities sl. rubbed.
= Nissen, BBI 1430; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 251. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.