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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
208
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le antichitá romane. Rome: Rotili, venduto da Bouchard, 1756.
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778). Le antichitá romane. Rome: Rotili, venduto da Bouchard, 1756.
ESTIMATE € 20.000 - 30.000
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PLINY THE ELDER (23-79 AD). Naturalis historiae. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1559.
PLINY THE ELDER (23-79 AD). Naturalis historiae. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1559.
ESTIMATE € 300 - 500