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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
157
[VENICE] BRUSA, Giovanni Battista (1830-1920) . Memoir of Venice . [Venice: , 1890].
[VENICE] BRUSA, Giovanni Battista (1830-1920) . Memoir of Venice . [Venice: , 1890].
ESTIMATE € 200 - 300
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DUFOUR, A.H. (19th cent.). Suisse et Nord de l'Italie. Paris: Dyonnet, 1864.
DUFOUR, A.H. (19th cent.). Suisse et Nord de l'Italie. Paris: Dyonnet, 1864.
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500
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[SCHERMATA] MAROZZO, Achilles (1484-1553). Art of Arms. Venice: Pinargenti, 1568.
[SCHERMATA] MAROZZO, Achilles (1484-1553). Art of Arms. Venice: Pinargenti, 1568.
ESTIMATE € 1.500 - 2.000