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Auction #120 begins on 16 Jan 2025

Commelin (C.)

PRAELUDIA BOTANICA AD PUBLICAS PLANTARUM EXOTICARUM DEMONSTRATIONES, DICTA IN HORTO MEDICO

Published: Fredericum Haringh, Leiden, 1703

Edition: First Edition

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First Edition: (8), 1-65, (i), 66, (i), 67-85, (2 Admonitio ad Bibliopegum, Berigt aan de Boekbinders, Errata Typographica), (1 blank), 33 engraved plates (figure 15 folding), full contemporary vellum, boards bowed, text lightly browned, small convent library stamps in purple on the front free endpaper and title page,  overall a very good copy.

Dunthorne 80, Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume II, Part II, Printed Book 1701-1800, number 405. Original edition of this important work containing the first descriptions and illustrations of a number of South African plants.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Small 4to (245 x 195 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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