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[34], 195, [11], xxv, [1] pp. With 101 copper-engraved plates by Isaac Saal, drawn by Andre Stech, 1 folding, plus 8 large engravings on the text pages; copper-engraved added pictorial title-page. (folio) 15½x9½, old velvet cloth over boards, with later calf spine tooled in gilt.

Important pre-Linnean botanical work by the seventeenth century German botanist, with lovely and detailed engraved plates printed on fine, thick paper. With the bookplate of the Earl of Caledon on the front pastedown, his blindstamp on the title-page.