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2 parts in 1 vol. Paris, Author, Migneret , Fantin and L. Beaupré, 1812-1814. 4to. 2 unn. ll., XXV
pp., 5 unn. ll., 214 (recte 222) pp., 1 unn. l., 1 w. l.; 28 pp., with 1 folded handcoloured engraved
map and 69 contemporary handcoloured engraved plates. Green half marocco, back gilt and
with gilt title, (back slightly faded, some minor scratchings). £ 1.700.00
First edition. Nissen, BBI 2063; Pritzel, 9767; Stafleu/Cowen 16.154; Dunthorne 318; Brunet V,
1218. Complete copies, together with the supplement, are rare. Gives a comprehensive
overview on plants in the Paris region at the beginning of the nineteenth century. First 6 plates
show the shapes of leaves, flowers and fruits, the following plates each with 4 different plants, all
drawn and engraved by Vigneux. Minor foxing, margins with light browning.
Our copy was part of the famous Arpad Plesch Collection. Plesch Collection 796. Ex-Libris of
Arpad Plesch on inner cover. Decorative copy.
57 V(OLCKAMER), J(ohann) C(hristoph). Nürnbergische Hesperides, Oder Gründliche
Beschreibung der Edlen Citronat / Citronen / und Pomerantzen-Früchte, Wie solche, in selbiger
und benachbarten gegend, recht mögen eingesetzt, gewartet, erhalten und fortgebracht
werden.... beneben der Flora, oder Curiosen Vorstellung Verschiedener raren Blumen... Volume
1 and Appendix (of 2 volumes). Nuremberg, Endters Sohn und Erben, 1708. Folio. Engraved
frontispiece, 4 unn. plates, 255 pp., 4 unn. ll.; 17 pp., 2 unn. ll., with engraved portrait, 16
engraved vignettes, 2 text copper engravings and 116 (4 double-page, 3 folded) engraved
plates. Contemporary calf with label and gilt spine, (worn, back restored with old leather at top
and end of spine, cover with small bad spots due to worms). £ 16.000.00
First edition. Nissen 2076; Pritzel 9848; Hunt 420; Kat. Ornamentstichsammlung Berlin 3324;
Slg. Plesch 798; Sitwell 79. Famous monograph on citrus fruits and at the same time one of the
most beautiful natural scientific copper-engraved works of the Baroque era. As almost always
without the “Continuation” which was published in 1714. Johann Christoph Volckamer (1644-
1720) was a Nuremberg merchant and also heir to a silk factory in Rovereto. He spent lots of
time with the breeding of lemons and oranges which was very popular in these days. He
expanded his gardens until he owned the biggest one in Nuremburg. The splendid copper plates
were engraved by P. Decker, C. Steinberger and others. The plates, which are in a beautiful
printing condition, show apart from allegorical representations mainly citrus fruits and exotic
plants together with titled topographical views of Nuremberg and its surroundings on one plate,
amongst them lots of gardens. Some of the first plates represent a map of the Lake Garda, views
of Genovese suburb S. Per d’Arena, the Palazzo Doria in Genoa, etc. With the often missing 17page
appendix on the obelisk in the Hippodrom of Constantinople. The first and last pages are a
little bit brown-stained, partly water-stained on the lower margin, concerning only few plates, 2 of
the folded plates with restored tears, front- and endpaper restored in 20th century. Fine copy of
this famous work.
58 WESTWOOD, J(ohn) O(badjah). The Butterflies of Great Britain, with their transformations,
delineated and described. London, S.Orr & Co., 1855. Large-8vo. Coloured lithograph title, XL,
140 pp., with 21 (19 coloured) lithograph plates. Blue original cloth with gilt-stamped vignette on
cover and blind tooling, (spine restored later, corners and edges worn). £ 260.00
First edition. Nissen, ZBI 4377; Horn/Sch. 23981. Standard work with beautiful coloured plates
showing different illustrations of butterflies and plants. Slightly finger-stained, fine copy.
59 WILLIS, Thomae. De anima brutorum que hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae.
Prior physiologica.... altera pathologica.... Amsterdam, Someren, 1674. 12mo. 24 unn. ll., 552
pp., 10 unn. ll., with 8 folded engraved plates Contemporary parchment, (slightly worn and
spotted).
£ 390.00
Hirsch/H. V, 947; Krivatsky 13019; Waller 10323; vgl.Garrison/M. 1544 u. 4793. Important work
on neurological anatomy and medical psychology, first published in Oxford in 1672. The author,
Willis, is one of the outstanding physicians of the 17th century. "Seinen Hauptruhm in der
Geschichte der Medizin hat er durch seine gediegenen anat. und physiol. Arbeiten begründet,
welche besonders das Gehirn, speciell das Gefässsystem desselben ("Circulus Willisii")
betreffen." (Hirsch/H.) The plates with anatomical details, bloodstreams and nerves. Inner and
higher margins a bit waterstained, plates with restored tears, some annotations.
60 ADAM, Melchior. Dignorum laude virorum, quos musa vetat mori, immortalitas, seu Vitae