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CLUSIUS, Carolus

Rariorum Plantarum Historia

Antverpia
Ex officina Plantiniana
1601

€1.400 - €2.000

Folio, [14], 364, cccxlviii, [12] pp. Engraved title, engr. portrait of Clusius missing, more than 1110 woodcut illustrations. First 8 leaves with stains en some waterst., small part cut out of the margin of the title-page. Full calf binding (rebacked)

Nissen BBI 372.
Provenance:
Dr F.A. Sondervorst and stamps on title page. First edition collecting description of rare plants observed by Clusius in various countries (Spain, Italy, Hungary), along with additions describing new plants. Also included are ""Commentariolum de Fungis"", the first important treatise on fungi, and part of Clusius' botanical correspondence

Botany