| Annotation | "First edition of Dodoens' last and most comprehensive botanical work, incorporating material from a number of his earlier books, including the Cruydeboeck."--Hunt botanical cat. 143 The woodcuts were commissioned by Plantin from the Flemish artist Pieter van der Borcht. Printer's device with motto "Labore et constantia" on title page; initials, marginal notes; 1,306 woodcuts. Printing privilege on leaf 2e6r. Errata on leaf 2c5r; 3 additional woodcut illustrations on leaf 2c6r. Signatures: [dagger]⁶ 2[dagger]⁴ A-Z⁶ a-z⁶ 2A-2Z⁶ 2a-2e⁶ (O2 missigned N2). Woodcut initials; printed marginalia. Pages 44, 195, 243-244, 587 mispaged 28, 187, 231-232, 487. Errors in pagination do not affect final count. "Auctores qui in hac stirpium historia citantur": preliminary pages 18-19 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Voet, L. Plantin Press, 1555-1589, Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, Catalogue of botanical books in the collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae, Adams, H.M. Catalogue of books printed on the continent of Europe, 1501-1600, in Cambridge libraries, Bibliotheca belgica, European Americana, Index Aureliensis, Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), 1101 517 143 2350 D722 D117 583/23 154.557 1489 Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek and translation of some terms into Dutch. | Translate |
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