Sale: 305 / Rare Books, Nov. 13./14. 2006 Lot 332

 
Leonhart Fuchs - De historia stirpium. 1555.


332
Leonhart Fuchs
De historia stirpium. 1555.
Estimate:
€ 250 / $ 268
Sold:
€ 417 / $ 446
(incl. surcharge)
Fuchs, L., De historia stirpium commentarii insignes ... Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf dem Titel. Lyon, J. de Tournes und G. Gazeau 1555. Flex. Pgt. d. Zt. 24 Bll., 979 S., 6 Bll.
Cartier 297. - BM STC, French Books S. 190. - Adams F 1104. - Vgl. Dibner 19; Garrison/Morton 1808 und Stillwell 640 (jew. EA 1542). - Einzige Ausgabe bei de Tournes. Eine der besonders in Frankreich häufig aufgelegten kleinformatigen Textausgaben ohne Holzschnitte. "The most celebrated herbal in which about 400 German and 100 foreign plants are treated ... The first vocabulary of botanical terms is contained in the introduction. Many new plants from America ... are here introduced." (Dibner) - Tlw. etw. wasserrandig. Vord. Innengelenk gelöst.
Only edition by de Tournes. With woodcut printer's device (vipers) on title. Contemp. limp vellum. - Some waterstaining in places. Inner front hinge detached.



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Leonhart Fuchs
De historia stirpium. 1555.
Estimate:
€ 250 / $ 268
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€ 417 / $ 446
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