Year/Century: 17th century
Language: French
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Vellum
Description: HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES PLANTES, ENTITLEMENT DEUX TOMES DE LIVRES ÉGALEMENT DEPARTIS. by Jacques DALECHAMPS Guillaume Rouille's Heirs, Lyon, 1615. Two massive folios measuring 9.5 by 15" and containing [4]-960-[34], [120]-758-[28] pp. - First French edition translated by Jean des Moulins, which was based on the first Latin edition published in 1586–1587 by the French physician and botanist J. Dalechamps (1513–1588). Several illustrations are included in the text. Comprising all the botanical knowledge known at the time. With woodcut devices on titles, titles in red and black, references to Nissen (BBI) 447, Stafleu & Cowan 1297, Pritzel 2035, BnF, and a provenance of "Jean Claude Lavaivre de Rigny" (manuscript entry on flyleaf) describe about 2731 plants and much of the peculiar botany of the region around Lyon. Contemporary half-vellum, colored paper on covers, flat spines, and redesigned endpapers. A small amount of wear and some damping
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