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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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DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). Bouts rimés. Paris: Librairie du Petit Journal, 1865.
DUMAS, Alexandre (1802-1870). Bouts rimés. Paris: Librairie du Petit Journal, 1865.
ESTIMATE € 150 - 250
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DURANDUS, Guilluame (1230-1296). Rationale Divinorum Officiorum. Strasbourg: [Johann Prüss], 1486.
DURANDUS, Guilluame (1230-1296). Rationale Divinorum Officiorum. Strasbourg: [Johann Prüss], 1486.
ESTIMATE € 1.000 - 1.500
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EUSEBIUS OF CESAREA (260-340 A.D.). Chronicon. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1482.
EUSEBIUS OF CESAREA (260-340 A.D.). Chronicon. Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 1482.
ESTIMATE € 1.500 - 2.500
178
FERRO, Giovanni (1582-1630). Teatro d'imprese. Venetia: Giacomo Sarzina, 1623.
FERRO, Giovanni (1582-1630). Teatro d'imprese. Venetia: Giacomo Sarzina, 1623.
ESTIMATE € 1.200 - 1.600
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GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
GALIGAI, Francesco (16th cent.). Pratica d'arithmetica. Florence: Giunti, 1548.
ESTIMATE € 800 - 1.200