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Auction #132 begins on 09 Jul 2026

Munting (Abraham)

DE VERA ANTIQUORUM HERBA BRITANNICA with: ALOIDARIUM, SIVE ALOES MUCRANATO FOLIO AMERICANAE MAJORIS

Two parts in one

Published: Apud Hieronymum Sweerts, Amsterdam, 1680-1681

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $350

Approximately:

Estimate: $500/600

Bidding opens: 9 Jul 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Jul 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Munting (Abraham) DE VERA ANTIQUORUM HERBA BRITANNICA EJUSDEMQUE EFFICACIA CONTRA STOMACACCEN, SUR SCELOTYRBEN, FRISIIS & BATAVIS DE SCHEURBUYCK, DISSERTATIO HISTORICO-MEDICA, Two parts in one:

I. (xxviii), 231, (i blank); 33, (xviii Index), (iii Errata), pages, engraved title page, engraved portrait, 24 engraved plates.

II. ALOIDARIUM, SIVE ALOES MUCRANATO FOLIO AMERICANAE MAJORIS, ALIARUMQUE EJUSDEM SPECIEI HISTORIA, 8 engraved plates. Full contemporary calf with new spine, neat repair to the top corner of the half title page not affecting the printed area, otherwise the contents are crisp and bright, a very good copy.

Hunt Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume I, number 360. 'Abraham Munting was a learned Dutch botanist, born in Groningen, and director of the Hortus Botanicus Groninganus, from 1658 - 1683. In this work he attempts to identify the "Herba Britannica" of the ancients, illustrating the possible candidates. The second work describes the aloe and other recently discovered American succulents.'

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Small 4to (240 x 190 mm)


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