Sale: 266 / Rare Books, May 06./07. 2002 → Lot 119
119
C. Commelin
Praeludia Botanica. 1703. EA.
Estimate:
€ 2,800 / $ 3,220 Sold:
€ 4,370 / $ 5,025 (incl. surcharge)
119
C. Commelin
Praeludia Botanica. 1703. EA.
Estimate:
€ 2,800 / $ 3,220 Sold:
€ 4,370 / $ 5,025 (incl. surcharge)
I: Nissen 388. - Pritzel 1836. - Coll. A. Plesch 147. - Sitwell/Blunt S. 88. - Jackson S. 30. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. - "An important work which figures a number of plants from South Africa for the first time. The figure of 'Geranium africanum' ... is of great horticultural importance, being the parent of most of the geraniums of modern gardens, and the ancestor of those great scarlet beds of Gustav Emmich outside Buckingham Palace. This is the first figure and description, and fixes the date of introduction." (Coll. A. Plesch) - II: Nissen 387. - Pritzel 1837. - Coll. A. Plesch 148. - Jackson S. 439. - Vgl. De Belder 81. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. - "... document[s] the substantial introduction of Cape flora into Europe and include the first descriptions and illustrations of a number of species, including many aloes" (De Belder). - Insg. mit Feuchtigkeitsspuren (Tafeln von Bd. II stärker betroffen) und etw. gebräunt.I: 33 (1 folding) engraved plates. First edition, scarce. - II: 48 engraved plates. - First edition, scarce. - New calf. - In general stained by damp (plates of vol. II stronger) and somewhat browned.
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