Botany.- Ornamental prints.- [Passe the Elder (Crispin van de, 1564-1637) and Crispin van de Passe the Younger (1593-1670)]. An album with sixty-one plates from "Hortus Floridus", early proof states before numbering and before text on verso, with landscapes, several variant impressions in reverse [?contemporary unrecorded copies], engravings, some excellent impressions with delicate plate tone, others weakly inked, on various laid papers with several watermarks [cf. Briquet 1364; 10556 and 10555, all datable to ca. 1580-1590], each sheet approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), some printed unevenly and partially off the sheets, several with insects cut out, some minor later hand-colouring, three bear publisher imprint of Jan Sadeler I, [circa 1590-1614] bound with nine plates (of 24) by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618) from 'Landscapes with Old and New Testament scenes, after Hans Bol (1534-1593); bound with 11 Dutch landscape engravings, one after Jacob Grimmer (1526-1590), and 5 further plates by Abraham de Bruyn (1540-1587) of wild animals, including lions and elephants, engravings, all on sheets approx. 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), occasional loss to plates, nicks and tears, some handling creases, surface dirt and light browning, limp vellum, very worn, bears collector's ink inscription 'William Lowe/ His Book/ 1784', oblong 4to, [circa 1590-1620].

Literature:
(Hortus Floridus) Nissen 1494 ii/vi; Hunt 199;