Lot 228
Botany.- Ruel (Jean) De natura stirpium libri tres, rare second edition, Basel, Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius, 1537.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000
Description
Botany.- Ruel (Jean) De natura stirpium libri tres, first Basel edition, the second edition overall, woodcut printer's device to title and final otherwise blank f., woodcut historiated and decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, spotted, occasional light staining (including title), lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later leather label to spine, spine lightly soiled, some marking, folio, Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], [March], 1537.
⁂ Rare second edition. The author was physician to Francis I. The text contains descriptions of about 600 plants, based on the works of Theophrastus and Pliny, with the addition of vernacular names where Ruel had been able to obtain them from locals during his plant-hunting expeditions.
Literature: Adams R873; Pritzel 7885 (note); VD 16 R 3499.
Description
Botany.- Ruel (Jean) De natura stirpium libri tres, first Basel edition, the second edition overall, woodcut printer's device to title and final otherwise blank f., woodcut historiated and decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, spotted, occasional light staining (including title), lightly browned, contemporary vellum, later leather label to spine, spine lightly soiled, some marking, folio, Basel, [Hieronymus Froben & Nikolaus Episcopius], [March], 1537.
⁂ Rare second edition. The author was physician to Francis I. The text contains descriptions of about 600 plants, based on the works of Theophrastus and Pliny, with the addition of vernacular names where Ruel had been able to obtain them from locals during his plant-hunting expeditions.
Literature: Adams R873; Pritzel 7885 (note); VD 16 R 3499.
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