Lot 187
Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia..., first Latin edition, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1599.
Hammer Price: £500
Description
Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia..., first edition in Latin, collation: *8, A-Z8, a-h8, numerous woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with contemporary pen-and-ink drawing captioned in French of 2-horned animal resembling an oryx ("envoye d'Etiopie au Roy") and 2 folding engraved views of Mt. Sinai and Jerusalem, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1599; bound with De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, first edition in Latin, collation: A-E8 F4, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1589, each work with printer's device to title, ink annotations and corrections, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, later paper spine label, lacking ties, 8vo
⁂ Belon (1517-64) was one of the first explorer-naturalists and these two works, which originally appeared in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively, give an account of his travels in the Levant, with illustrations of the peoples and fauna and flora observed, plus his treatise on the cultivation of exotic plants and trees.
Provenance: Bibliotheca Hamburgensi Wolfiana (book label)
Literature: Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only.
Description
Levant.- Belon (Pierre) Plurimarum singularium & memorabilium rerum in Graecia, Asia, Aegypto, Judaea, Arabia..., first edition in Latin, collation: *8, A-Z8, a-h8, numerous woodcut illustrations, extra-illustrated with contemporary pen-and-ink drawing captioned in French of 2-horned animal resembling an oryx ("envoye d'Etiopie au Roy") and 2 folding engraved views of Mt. Sinai and Jerusalem, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1599; bound with De neglecta Stirpium Cultura, first edition in Latin, collation: A-E8 F4, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1589, each work with printer's device to title, ink annotations and corrections, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, later paper spine label, lacking ties, 8vo
⁂ Belon (1517-64) was one of the first explorer-naturalists and these two works, which originally appeared in French in 1553 and 1558 respectively, give an account of his travels in the Levant, with illustrations of the peoples and fauna and flora observed, plus his treatise on the cultivation of exotic plants and trees.
Provenance: Bibliotheca Hamburgensi Wolfiana (book label)
Literature: Adams B566 & 556; cf. Blackmer 115, French edition; Nissen ZBI 305, first title only.
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