Lot 235
Poisonous Plants.- Naturgeschichte der Giftpflanzen, first edition, Wien, 1807; and 2 others on poisonous plants, (3)
Hammer Price: £360
Description
Poisonous Plants.- Naturgeschichte der Giftpflanzen, first edition, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, title laid down, broken, upper hinge broken with first few ff. detached, contemporary boards, rubbed, Wien, 1807 § Miquel (F.A.W.) De Noord-Nederlandsche Vergiftige Gewassen, 30 hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional foxing to text, Facee Schaeffer bookplate, original boards, chipping to spine, [Stafleu & Cowan 6088], Amsterdam, 1837, § Godet (G.H) Les Plantes Vénéneuses du Canton de Neuchatel, signed presentation inscription by the author to Jules l'Hardy to upper wrapper head and pasted to verso, 26 hand-coloured lithograph plates, upper hinge broken, original wrappers bound in, contemporary half cloth, paper label to spine, [Pritzel 3401], Neuchatel, 1864, 8vo (3)
⁂ Attractively illustrated works on poisonous plants growing in Austria, the Netherlands, and the Swiss canton of Neuchatel.
The first mentioned is rare. It is not listed in any of the main botanical bibliographies; the only reference we found is in 'Josephin Bibl. Wien, p.469'.
Fredrich Miquel was a Dutch botanist, Professor of Botany and Director of the Amsterdam Botancial Garden, as well as the director of Leiden Rijksherbarium.
Description
Poisonous Plants.- Naturgeschichte der Giftpflanzen, first edition, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, title laid down, broken, upper hinge broken with first few ff. detached, contemporary boards, rubbed, Wien, 1807 § Miquel (F.A.W.) De Noord-Nederlandsche Vergiftige Gewassen, 30 hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional foxing to text, Facee Schaeffer bookplate, original boards, chipping to spine, [Stafleu & Cowan 6088], Amsterdam, 1837, § Godet (G.H) Les Plantes Vénéneuses du Canton de Neuchatel, signed presentation inscription by the author to Jules l'Hardy to upper wrapper head and pasted to verso, 26 hand-coloured lithograph plates, upper hinge broken, original wrappers bound in, contemporary half cloth, paper label to spine, [Pritzel 3401], Neuchatel, 1864, 8vo (3)
⁂ Attractively illustrated works on poisonous plants growing in Austria, the Netherlands, and the Swiss canton of Neuchatel.
The first mentioned is rare. It is not listed in any of the main botanical bibliographies; the only reference we found is in 'Josephin Bibl. Wien, p.469'.
Fredrich Miquel was a Dutch botanist, Professor of Botany and Director of the Amsterdam Botancial Garden, as well as the director of Leiden Rijksherbarium.
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