Lot 22
Trees.- Belon (Pierre) De Arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis..., first edition, Paris, E.Corrozet, 1553.
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Trees.- Belon (Pierre) De Arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis..., first edition, collation: ã4 ê4, A-H4, 8 woodcut illustrations, minor worming throughout, mostly to margins and gutter, occasionally affecting sidenotes, modern boards, [Adams B555, Nissen BBI 131; Pettegree 56728; cf.Wellcome I 758, another issue], 4to, Paris, E.Corrozet, 1553.
⁂ The first work on coniferous trees, and one of the first botanical books to cover a single species. Belon was the first to name all cone-bearing trees 'coniferae', a term which was followed by Gesner. Descriptions are given of the various species including their locations and he cites authorities such as Dioscorides. Pierre Belon (1517-1564) was one of the most original naturalists of the Renaissance and one of the first explorer-naturalists. Between 1546 and 1550, he undertook long voyages through the Levant and the Middle East.
Three issues appeared, the other two had an imprint of Cavellat or Benoît Prevost.
Description
Trees.- Belon (Pierre) De Arboribus coniferis, resiniferis, aliis..., first edition, collation: ã4 ê4, A-H4, 8 woodcut illustrations, minor worming throughout, mostly to margins and gutter, occasionally affecting sidenotes, modern boards, [Adams B555, Nissen BBI 131; Pettegree 56728; cf.Wellcome I 758, another issue], 4to, Paris, E.Corrozet, 1553.
⁂ The first work on coniferous trees, and one of the first botanical books to cover a single species. Belon was the first to name all cone-bearing trees 'coniferae', a term which was followed by Gesner. Descriptions are given of the various species including their locations and he cites authorities such as Dioscorides. Pierre Belon (1517-1564) was one of the most original naturalists of the Renaissance and one of the first explorer-naturalists. Between 1546 and 1550, he undertook long voyages through the Levant and the Middle East.
Three issues appeared, the other two had an imprint of Cavellat or Benoît Prevost.
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