"2 parts in 1 vol. in-f° (40 x 25,5 cm), [24], 220; [16], 224, [4] pp, with two engraved allegorical title-pages, four title-pages (Latin and Dutch), with engraved printer's devices, and 3 full-page engraved coats of arms. The first part contains 110 plates with 112 figures (figures 42-44 on one plate), the second part has 113 plates with 112 figures. The text in both volumes is in two columns, Latin and Dutch. Old calf binding, with gilt arms on both superior boards, with the name of Bonnier de la Mosson on the lower boards, marbled endpapers, corners used, red edges"
"Provenance : Joseph Bonnier de la Mosson (1702-1744) avait un cabinet de curiosités dans son hôtel particulier à Paris, considéré l'un des plus riches cabinets du XVIIIe siècle. Ref. Hunt 399; Nissen BBI 389; Plesch 145; De Belder 80; Pritzel 1833. ""The first volume, on the plants of the East and West Indies, was Jan Commelin's most important contribution to botanical knowledge; it was brought out posthumously by his nephew Caspar. The second volume was by Caspar Commelin and contained an enlargement on some of the notes in Jan's book, with further notes on African plants"" (Hunt). According to Nissen, some of the engravings are after drawings by Johanna Herolt, daughter of Maria Sybilla Merian. Johannes Commelin (1629-1692), drogist en liefhebber van kruidkunde, zijn werk werd bezorgd door zijn neef Casparus. Commelin was erin geslaagd om, met hulp van Joan Huydecoper, de Hortus tot een van de rijkste tuinen van Europa te doen uitgroeien"
