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JONSTON, John (1603-1675). Dendrographias, sive histori? naturalis de arboribus et fruticibus tam nostri qvam peregrini orbis. Frankfurt: Polich, Merian, 1662.
Scarce first edition, richly illustrated with fruit trees and shrubs and containing many recent botanical discoveries from the New World including cacti, palms, spices and prized perfumes. Johnston, a Polish scholar and physician of Scottish origin, studied and attended the universities of St. Andrews, Cambridge, Leiden and Frankfurt.
Folio, ( x 200mm). Engraved title page, 137 engraved plates, initials, half-titles and woodcut head-pieces, half-title (light spots of mould, plate 127 with tear in outer margin and loss of part of engraving of a figure). Full modern antique-style leather binding with gilt title-piece to spine (1
Folio, ( x 200mm). Engraved title page, 137 engraved plates, initials, half-titles and woodcut head-pieces, half-title (light spots of mould, plate 127 with tear in outer margin and loss of part of engraving of a figure). Full modern antique-style leather binding with gilt title-piece to spine (1
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200
LOTS
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[JAPAN - TORTURE]. Album with 22 illustrations of torture. Japan: , late 19th century.
[JAPAN - TORTURE]. Album with 22 illustrations of torture. Japan: , late 19th century.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 1.000
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[ENOLOGY] RENDELLA, Prospero (1533-1630). Tractatus de vinea. Venice: Giunta, 1629.
[ENOLOGY] RENDELLA, Prospero (1533-1630). Tractatus de vinea. Venice: Giunta, 1629.
ESTIMATE € 600 - 800
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[MOSCOW]. Plat" Stolichnago goroda Moskvy. Moscow: Troitskaya Zastava, 1819.
[MOSCOW]. Plat" Stolichnago goroda Moskvy. Moscow: Troitskaya Zastava, 1819.
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200