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Naturbeobachtungen über die Bewegung und Funktion des Saftes in den Gewächsen, mit vorzüglicher Hinsicht auf Holzpflanzen.Weimar, Hoffmann, 1806. 4to. With a small engraved vignette on the title-page and 7 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary half calf.
Naturbeobachtungen über die Bewegung und Funktion des Saftes in den Gewächsen, mit vorzüglicher Hinsicht auf Holzpflanzen.Weimar, Hoffmann, 1806. 4to. With a small engraved vignette on the title-page and 7 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary half calf.
COTTA, Heinrich. · 1763
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[1], [1 blank], XIV, [2], 96, [1], [1 blank] pp.First edition of an early work on endosmosis (the movement of the sap in the stem) by the German silviculturist Heinrich Cotta (1763-1844), with 7 hand-coloured engraved plates of tree branches and bark. Active research on endosm...
Fruitkundig woordenboek, behelzende all hetgeen betrekking heeft tot de kennis en het huishoudelijk gebruik der verschillende soorten van fruiten; tot het aankweeken, veredelen, snoeijen en behandelen van vruchtboomen; tot het aanleggen van broeibakken, trekkassen en oranjehuizen enz. Gevolgd naar het hoogduitsch van J.C. Christ en verrijkt met het wetenwaardigste uit het op last van het Engelsch Gouvernement uitgegeven werk van W. Forsijth.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1805-1806. 2 volumes. Royal 8vo. With 18 (17 folded) plates. Publisher's red speckled boards, spines with printed label (preserved in 2 recent boxes).
Fruitkundig woordenboek, behelzende all hetgeen betrekking heeft tot de kennis en het huishoudelijk gebruik der verschillende soorten van fruiten; tot het aankweeken, veredelen, snoeijen en behandelen van vruchtboomen; tot het aanleggen van broeibakken, trekkassen en oranjehuizen enz. Gevolgd naar het hoogduitsch van J.C. Christ en verrijkt met het wetenwaardigste uit het op last van het Engelsch Gouvernement uitgegeven werk van W. Forsijth.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1805-1806. 2 volumes. Royal 8vo. With 18 (17 folded) plates. Publisher's red speckled boards, spines with printed label (preserved in 2 recent boxes).
SERRURIER, J.F. · 1802
€650.00 ($716.43 | £542.19 | ¥114,419)
pp. viii, 483, (1); pp. (6), 517.A Dutch translation of J.L. Christ's 'Pomologisches theoretisch-practisches Handwörterbuch', Leipzig 1802 and it "has an appendix headed 'All that is worth knowing from the book by W. Forsyth, published [sic] by the British Government'" (Janson...
De naauwkeurige bloemist, of de nieuwe Nederlandsche bloemhof, waarin onderrigt wordt, hoe men alle soorten van bloemen, planten en boomen moet aankweeken, onderhouden en vruchtbaar maken. Benevens eene beschrijving om de boomen goed en wel te snoeijen, ten einde dezelve goed vruchtbaar te houden, enz. enz.Amsterdam, Wouter Brave, [1825]. 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm). With an engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers.
De naauwkeurige bloemist, of de nieuwe Nederlandsche bloemhof, waarin onderrigt wordt, hoe men alle soorten van bloemen, planten en boomen moet aankweeken, onderhouden en vruchtbaar maken. Benevens eene beschrijving om de boomen goed en wel te snoeijen, ten einde dezelve goed vruchtbaar te houden, enz. enz.Amsterdam, Wouter Brave, [1825]. 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm). With an engraved frontispiece and 5 engraved plates. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers.
OOSTEN, Hendrik van. · 1700
€950.00 ($1,047.10 | £792.44 | ¥167,228)
[12], 312 pp.Popular horticultural work by the Dutch florist Hendrik van Oosten, first published in 1700. Here in the very rare undated second issue of the last, seventh, edition, printed in Amsterdam. The first issue of the seventh edition appeared in 1792 in Rotterdam. It di...
Geschichte der Botanik vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1860.München, R. Oldenbourg, 1875. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides, gold-tooled title on spine.
Geschichte der Botanik vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1860.München, R. Oldenbourg, 1875. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth, marbled sides, gold-tooled title on spine.
SACHS, Julius. · 1832
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
xii [= viii], 612 pp.First edition of the most important publication on the history of botany published in the 19th century. Julius Sachs (1832-1897) can be seen as the founder of modern plant physiology and the “most influential nineteenth century botanist in promoting experi...
Traité des renoncules, qui contient, outre ce qui regarde ces fleurs, beaucoup d'observations physiques & de remarques utiles, soit pour l'agriculture, soit pour le jardinage. Troisième édition.Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1763. 12mo. With 6 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine.
Traité des renoncules, qui contient, outre ce qui regarde ces fleurs, beaucoup d'observations physiques & de remarques utiles, soit pour l'agriculture, soit pour le jardinage. Troisième édition.Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1763. 12mo. With 6 folding engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, richly gold-tooled spine.
ARDÈNE, Jean Paul Rome de. · 1689
€475.00 ($523.55 | £396.22 | ¥83,614)
[6], 16, 342 pp.Third and last edition of a manual on ranunculi by the French priest and botanist Jean Paul Rome d'Ardène (1689-1769). "Ardène retired, about 1750, from his duties as sepérieur of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène, diocese of Sisteron, where he...
Traité sur la connoissance et la culture des jacintes. Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1759. 12mo. With 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, red edges.
Traité sur la connoissance et la culture des jacintes. Avignon, Louis Chambeau, 1759. 12mo. With 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers, red edges.
ARDÈNE, Jean Paul de Rome d'. · 1759
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
156 pp.First edition of a book on hyacinths, printed in 1759, by the French priest and botanist Jean Paul Rome d’Ardène. "Jean Paul Rome d' Ardène retired, about 1750, from his duties as 'supérieur' of the college at Marseilles to the Château d' Ardène, diocese of Sisteron, wh...
Nomenclator extemporaneus rerum naturalium: plantarum, insectorum, conchyliorum, secundum Systema naturae Linnaeanum.Stockholm, Lorentz Ludewig Grefing, 1759. 8vo. Disbound.
Nomenclator extemporaneus rerum naturalium: plantarum, insectorum, conchyliorum, secundum Systema naturae Linnaeanum.Stockholm, Lorentz Ludewig Grefing, 1759. 8vo. Disbound.
CLERCK, Carl Alexander. · 1709
€600.00 ($661.32 | £500.49 | ¥105,618)
[4], 67, [13] pp.First edition of a nomenclator of Linnaean taxonomy, according to the 10th edition of the Systema naturae, by the Swedish entomologist and arachnologist Carl Alexander Clerck (1709-1765), also a good friend of Linnaeus. It lists Linnaeus's classification for p...
Agriculturae fundamenta chemica, Åkerbrukets chemiska grunder, ...Uppsala, 1761. 4to. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers.
Agriculturae fundamenta chemica, Åkerbrukets chemiska grunder, ...Uppsala, 1761. 4to. Contemporary stiff paper wrappers.
WALLERIUS, Johan Gottschalk (praeses) and Gustaf Adolf GYLLENBORG. · 1743
€495.00 ($545.59 | £412.90 | ¥87,134)
[4], 321, [1] pp.First edition of a thesis on the role of chemistry in the development of agriculture, by the Swedish Count Gustaf Adolf Gyllenborg (1743-1789) and with the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785) as praeses. It established the n...
Isagoge in botanicam expeditiorem iconibus aeri incisis et pictis illustrata.Regensburg, F. Zunkel, 1759. 8vo. With engraved illustration on title-page and 4 hand-coloured engraved plates. Modern reddish brown cloth.
Isagoge in botanicam expeditiorem iconibus aeri incisis et pictis illustrata.Regensburg, F. Zunkel, 1759. 8vo. With engraved illustration on title-page and 4 hand-coloured engraved plates. Modern reddish brown cloth.
SCHAEFFER, Jacob Christian. · 1718
€1,250.00 ($1,377.76 | £1,042.68 | ¥220,037)
[12], 96, [8] pp.Rare first and only edition of a botanical work by the German clergyman-naturalist Jacob Christian Schaeffer (1718-1790). "His first botanical publication was an Isagoge in botanicam expeditiorem (1759), a preliminary to his Botanica expeditior of 1760. This g...
Hortus Batavus. Korte beschrijving van in- en uitheemsche planten, heesters en boomen, die voor de Nederlandsche tuinen kunnen worden aanbevolen. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp en Zoon, 1868. Large 8vo. Green cloth with gold-tooled title, yellow endpapers.
Hortus Batavus. Korte beschrijving van in- en uitheemsche planten, heesters en boomen, die voor de Nederlandsche tuinen kunnen worden aanbevolen. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp en Zoon, 1868. Large 8vo. Green cloth with gold-tooled title, yellow endpapers.
EEDEN, Frederik Willem van. · 1626
€350.00 ($385.77 | £291.95 | ¥61,610)
[8], 637 pp.The first and only edition of Van Eedens guide to domestic and foreign plants, flowers and trees from every corner all over the world: from China and Japan to Africa, Mexico and Greece. Van Eeden, an agronomist and botanist, says all these flowers are suitable for ...
Les commentaires de M.P. André Matthiolus, medicin Senois, sur les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride Anazarbéen de la matiere medicinale.Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1620. Folio. With the title-page printed in red and black, a woodcut author's portrait (repeated on the last page) and 1478 woodcuts in text. Early 20th-century(?) half sheepskin parchment.
Les commentaires de M.P. André Matthiolus, medicin Senois, sur les six livres de Pedacius Dioscoride Anazarbéen de la matiere medicinale.Lyon, Pierre Rigaud, 1620. Folio. With the title-page printed in red and black, a woodcut author's portrait (repeated on the last page) and 1478 woodcuts in text. Early 20th-century(?) half sheepskin parchment.
MATTIOLI, Pietro Andrea and Antoine DU PINET (transl.). · 1619
€1,200.00 ($1,322.65 | £1,000.97 | ¥211,235)
[116], 606, [33] pp.Reissue of the 1619 edition of Antoine Du Pinet's French translation of the chief work of the Italian phycisian and botanist Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577), "an excellent botanist and a renowned physician" (Hunt). The book, first published in Latin in 1...
Dictionnaire universel des drogues simples, contenant leurs noms, origine, choix, principes, vertus, étimologies; & ce qu'il y a de particulier dans les animaux, dans les végétaux & dans les minéraux,...Paris, for D'Houry, 1759. Large 4to. With an engraved author's portrait and 25 full-page engraved plates, each divided into 16 numbered compartments showing plants (24 plates), or animals (1 plate).Contemporary half-calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers.
Dictionnaire universel des drogues simples, contenant leurs noms, origine, choix, principes, vertus, étimologies; & ce qu'il y a de particulier dans les animaux, dans les végétaux & dans les minéraux,...Paris, for D'Houry, 1759. Large 4to. With an engraved author's portrait and 25 full-page engraved plates, each divided into 16 numbered compartments showing plants (24 plates), or animals (1 plate).Contemporary half-calf, gold-tooled spine, marbled endpapers.
LEMERY, Nicolas. · 1645
€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)
[4], XXIV, 846 pp.Fifth edition of a dictionary of medical herbs compiled by the French chemist Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715). Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), was a French chemist, one of the first to develop theories on acid-base chemistry. At the beginning of his career he lectured...
Libellus, quo demonstratur, stramonium, hyosciamum, aconitum non solum tuto posse exhiberi usu interno hominibus, verum & ea esse remedia in multis morbis maxime salutifera.Naples, Benedicti Gessari, 1762. With 3 folding engraved plates.With: (2) STÖRCK, Anton von. Supplementum necessarium de cicuta, ubi simul jungitur cicutae imago aere excusa.Naples, Benedicti Gessari, 1762. With a folding engraved plate. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary vellum.
Libellus, quo demonstratur, stramonium, hyosciamum, aconitum non solum tuto posse exhiberi usu interno hominibus, verum & ea esse remedia in multis morbis maxime salutifera.Naples, Benedicti Gessari, 1762. With 3 folding engraved plates.With: (2) STÖRCK, Anton von. Supplementum necessarium de cicuta, ubi simul jungitur cicutae imago aere excusa.Naples, Benedicti Gessari, 1762. With a folding engraved plate. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Contemporary vellum.
STÖRCK, Anton von. · 1731
€500.00 ($551.10 | £417.07 | ¥88,015)
[10], 7-99, [1]; 52 pp.Ad 1: Second(?) edition of a treatise on the medicinal properties of three plants (Datura, Hyoscyamus and Aconitum) by the Austrian physician Anton von Störck (1731-1803). Each plant is treated in a different chapter and each is shown in one of the engra...
Antwoord op de vraege welk zyn de profytelykste planten van dit land, ende welk is hun gebruyk zoo in de medicynen als in andere konsten.With: (2) DU RONDEAU, François. Mémoires sur la question: quelles sont les plantes les plus utiles des Pays-Bas, & que lest leur usage dans la medicine & dans les arts.(3) DE BEUNIE, Joannes Baptista. Antwoord op de vraege welk is de beste ende onkostbaerste maniere van vlasse gaeren ende andere vegitabile stoffen swert te verwen, …Brussels, Antonius d’Ours, 1772. 3 works in 1 volume. 4to. Modern blue paper wrappers.
Antwoord op de vraege welk zyn de profytelykste planten van dit land, ende welk is hun gebruyk zoo in de medicynen als in andere konsten.With: (2) DU RONDEAU, François. Mémoires sur la question: quelles sont les plantes les plus utiles des Pays-Bas, & que lest leur usage dans la medicine & dans les arts.(3) DE BEUNIE, Joannes Baptista. Antwoord op de vraege welk is de beste ende onkostbaerste maniere van vlasse gaeren ende andere vegitabile stoffen swert te verwen, …Brussels, Antonius d’Ours, 1772. 3 works in 1 volume. 4to. Modern blue paper wrappers.
DE BEUNIE, Joannes Baptista.
€1,500.00 ($1,653.31 | £1,251.22 | ¥264,044)
70; 18; 30 pp.Three rare related treatises concerning the uses of certain plants. The two by the licentiate in medicine Joannes Baptista De Beunie are the winning answers to a competition of the Letterkundige Maatschappij van Brussel (Literary Society of Brussels) and treat th...
Abregé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles, dans lequel on donne leurs noms différens, tant François que Latins.Including: Catalogus plantarum officinalium, secumdum earum facultates dispositus.Paris, sons of Nyon, 1738. 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
Abregé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles, dans lequel on donne leurs noms différens, tant François que Latins.Including: Catalogus plantarum officinalium, secumdum earum facultates dispositus.Paris, sons of Nyon, 1738. 3 volumes. 8vo. Contemporary tanned sheepskin, gold-tooled spines.
CHOMEL, Pierre-Jean-Baptiste. · 1671
€400.00 ($440.88 | £333.66 | ¥70,412)
XLVIII, [36], 350; [6], 349-830, [10]; [18], 214, [4], 116 pp.Fifth edtion of a French herbal compiled by the French botanist Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chomel (1671-1740). The first two volumes list numerous plants arranged according to their medicinal abilities. Also included is a...
Haga Comitis illustrata; of het verheelykt en verligt 's Gravenhage: bestaende in eene naeuwkeurige verzameling van ... afbeeldingen, der aldaer te zien en geillumineerd geweest zynde decoratien en zinnebeelden, benevens de verdere vreugde-bedryven en illuminatien, ter geleegenheid der allerheughelykste verkiezinge, proclamatie en installatie van ... Willem Carel Hendrik Friso.The Hague, Anthoni de Groot and sons, 1751. With title-page printed in red and black with woodcut arms of William IV, first page of the dedication printed in red and black (including a woodcut initial printed in red) with a large engraved armorial headpiece, 2 engravings in text, each showing the front and back of a medallion, and 116 engraved illustrations on 16 leaves. Contemporary half calf.
Haga Comitis illustrata; of het verheelykt en verligt 's Gravenhage: bestaende in eene naeuwkeurige verzameling van ... afbeeldingen, der aldaer te zien en geillumineerd geweest zynde decoratien en zinnebeelden, benevens de verdere vreugde-bedryven en illuminatien, ter geleegenheid der allerheughelykste verkiezinge, proclamatie en installatie van ... Willem Carel Hendrik Friso.The Hague, Anthoni de Groot and sons, 1751. With title-page printed in red and black with woodcut arms of William IV, first page of the dedication printed in red and black (including a woodcut initial printed in red) with a large engraved armorial headpiece, 2 engravings in text, each showing the front and back of a medallion, and 116 engraved illustrations on 16 leaves. Contemporary half calf.
[WILLIAM IV, Prince of Orange]. · 1747
€850.00 ($936.88 | £709.02 | ¥149,625)
[4], 24 pp.First and only edition of a series of illustrations of the decorations displayed during the inauguration of William IV, Prince of Orange, who in 1747 became the Stadtholder of all the United Provinces and general and admiral of the Dutch army and navy.Around 1740 th...
Bouw schilder en beeldhouwkonst, van het stadhuis te Amsteldam, vertoont in CIX figuuren: ...Amsterdam, Johannes Covens, Cornelis Mortier and Johannes Covens junior, [ca. 1758?, ca. 1767? or possibly 1772/83]. Large folio (49.5 x 30 cm). With the title page printed in red and black with J. Covens & C. Mortier’s engraved device by Bernard Picart (“JCCM” cypher monogram in a laurel wreath carried by 6 putti, dated 1730); 2 preliminary plates containing portraits of Jacob van Campen [by Lutma] and Arthus Quellinus by Henricus Quellinus; CIX (109) numbered engraved and etched architectural plates. All plates have French captions, some with laudatory verses below, and are described in Dutch in the letterpress text (pp. 3-15). Contemporary half red roan (sheepskin), brown sprinkled paper sides.
Bouw schilder en beeldhouwkonst, van het stadhuis te Amsteldam, vertoont in CIX figuuren: ...Amsterdam, Johannes Covens, Cornelis Mortier and Johannes Covens junior, [ca. 1758?, ca. 1767? or possibly 1772/83]. Large folio (49.5 x 30 cm). With the title page printed in red and black with J. Covens & C. Mortier’s engraved device by Bernard Picart (“JCCM” cypher monogram in a laurel wreath carried by 6 putti, dated 1730); 2 preliminary plates containing portraits of Jacob van Campen [by Lutma] and Arthus Quellinus by Henricus Quellinus; CIX (109) numbered engraved and etched architectural plates. All plates have French captions, some with laudatory verses below, and are described in Dutch in the letterpress text (pp. 3-15). Contemporary half red roan (sheepskin), brown sprinkled paper sides.
[CAMPEN, Jacob van, Hubert QUELLINUS and Jacob VENNEKOOL]. · 1808
€5,500.00 ($6,062.14 | £4,587.80 | ¥968,161)
15 pp.A comprehensive collection of plates showing all architectural features and sculpture of the Amsterdam City Hall, since 1808 the Royal Palace, here in the Covens & Mortier firm's rare ca. 1780 issue with the engravings newly printed from the original copper plates from t...
Perspectiva hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben ...Nürnberg, Dietrich Gerlach, 1571. Small folio (29 x 19 cm). With the title within a woodcut border, 10 full-page woodcuts within collation and 1 double-page woodcut within collation (the latter not included in page numbering). Decorated black and red boards (ca. 1900).
Perspectiva hierinnen auffs kürtzte beschrieben ...Nürnberg, Dietrich Gerlach, 1571. Small folio (29 x 19 cm). With the title within a woodcut border, 10 full-page woodcuts within collation and 1 double-page woodcut within collation (the latter not included in page numbering). Decorated black and red boards (ca. 1900).
LENCKER, Hans. · 1523
€9,500.00 ($10,470.97 | £7,924.38 | ¥1,672,278)
[6], XXIX ll.First and only edition of a well illustrated manual on perspective by the Nuremberg goldsmith Hans Lencker (1523-1585), intended for craftsmen. It was the technical counterpart to Lencker's playful Perspectiva literaria (1567) and it would earn him a position at t...
Hollands arkadia of wandelingen in de omstreeken van Haarlem.Haarlem, A. Loosjes Pz., 1804. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved title with a hand coloured view by F.A. Milatz, an engraved silhouette portrait of Hermina Christina Bicker in the text, 4 engraved folding views of Haarlem, Beverwijk and surroundings, all beautifully hand coloured, and 9 full-page engraved plates with musical scores. Contemporary gold-tooled half calf.
Hollands arkadia of wandelingen in de omstreeken van Haarlem.Haarlem, A. Loosjes Pz., 1804. 2 parts in 1 volume. 8vo. With an engraved title with a hand coloured view by F.A. Milatz, an engraved silhouette portrait of Hermina Christina Bicker in the text, 4 engraved folding views of Haarlem, Beverwijk and surroundings, all beautifully hand coloured, and 9 full-page engraved plates with musical scores. Contemporary gold-tooled half calf.
LOOSJES, Adriaan. · 1764
€1,750.00 ($1,928.86 | £1,459.75 | ¥308,051)
VI, 532 pp.First edition of this renowned work on the Haarlem region, presenting a lively account of a group undertaking four extensive walks, while making detailed historical, topographical, and natural-historical observations of the surrounding landscape. They visit (in orde...
Ornithologie du Dauphiné ou description des oiseaux observés dans les départements de l'Isère, de la Drome, des Hautes-Alpes et les contrées voisines.Grenoble, for the author and "les principaux libraires de la ville", by F. Allier, 1843[-1844]. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 72 lithographed plates by C. Pégeron after Victor Desirée Cassien, and a large folding table. Contemporary half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
Ornithologie du Dauphiné ou description des oiseaux observés dans les départements de l'Isère, de la Drome, des Hautes-Alpes et les contrées voisines.Grenoble, for the author and "les principaux libraires de la ville", by F. Allier, 1843[-1844]. 2 volumes. 8vo. With 72 lithographed plates by C. Pégeron after Victor Desirée Cassien, and a large folding table. Contemporary half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine.
BOUTEILLE, Hippolyte and M. de LABATIE. · 1804
€900.00 ($991.99 | £750.73 | ¥158,426)
416; 358, [2 blank] pp.First and only edition of a descriptive and systematic account of the avifauna of Dauphiné, a former province in south-eastern France. This work by Hippoloyte Bouteille (1804-1881), a French ornithologist, pharmacist and conservator of the museum of natu...