Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann and Karl Schmid — Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum

Zurich, Urs Graf-Verlag. Hardback. A stunning three volume set of this German history of plants, with lovely watercolour illustrations. Three volumes of Conradi Gesneri Historia Plantarum, or Conrad Gesner's History of Plants. The volumes are facsimile limited edition copies. In the original German. Conrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist, he was working on a major botanical work at the time of his death from the plague at the age of forty-nine. The first volume contains twenty seven tipped-in water colours by Conrad Gessner. This volume is number 302 and was published in 1972. The second volume has twenty three tipped-in water colour illustrations and was published in 1973, also numbered 302. The third volume has twenty four watercolour illustrations which are tipped in and was published in 1974, also numbered 302. Collated, complete. The volumes are edited by Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann and Karl Schmid.All are in the original dust wrappers. The dust wrapper to volume two is missing the rear wrap.  In hardback binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. All are in the original dust wrappers. The dust wrapper to volume two is missing the rear wrap and with some creasing to the spine and head and tails of the spines, especially to vol. 1.   Near Fine . Ill.: Conrad Gessner. Near Fine/Very Good.