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2349 - 2864     BOTANY (incl. PRINTS and NURSERY CATALOGUES) - The Collection of Jan Meemelink (part 2)

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72 2349 Acosta C 72 2349 Acosta C
72 2349 Acosta C 72 2349 Acosta C
72 2349 Acosta C 72 2349 Acosta C
72/2349 Acosta, C. Trattato della Historia, Natura, et Virtu delle Droghe Medicinali, & altri Semplici rarissimi, che vengono portati dalle Indie Orientali in Europa. Venice, F. Ziletti, 1585, (50),342[=340]p., 47 woodcut ills., contemp. limp vellum, 4to.

- Title-p. remargined; partly (sl.) waterstained in blank margin; one textleaf remargined in lower corner; final two leaves w. a few sm. glue stains; inner hinges weak; lacks (first free) and lower endpapers. Top of spine dam.; corners chipped.

= The first and only Italian edition (first published in Spanish in Burgos in 1578). Pritzel 13; Adams A 121; Sabin 114; Durling 1066; Palau 1964; not in Nissen BBI. Contains descriptions and illustrations of many newly discovered plants and trees (i.a. the pineapple plant and the durion tree), as well as two illustration of (Indian) elephants. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.

€ (1.000-1.500) 1200
72 2350 Aelbroeck J L van 72 2350 Aelbroeck J L van
72 2350 Aelbroeck J L van 72 2350 Aelbroeck J L van
72/2350 Aelbroeck, J.L. van. Werkdadige Landbouw-konst der Vlamingen, verhandeld in zes zamenspraken, tusschen eenen grond-eigenaar en zijnen pachter. Ghent, Snoeck-Ducaju, 1823, (6),VIII,(4),XII,514,(5)p., 19 lithogr. plates, orig. wr.

- Wrappers dogeared and sl. worn at spine-ends. = Rare.

€ (70-90) 110
72 2351 Ammann P 72 2351 Ammann P
72 2351 Ammann P 72 2351 Ammann P
72/2351 Ammann, P. Hortus Bosianus quoad exotica solum descriptus. Leipsic, Krüger, 1686, 1st ed., (7),38p., extra illustrated with 2 large fold. engravings, contemp. hcalf w. contrasting letterpieces, 4to.

- Two engravings sl. yellowed; one w. embossed stamp; title-p./ halftitle w. removed stamp and w. one embossed library stamp; upper hinge weak. Spine-ends dam.

= Very rare publication. Not in Pritzel or Hunt. Contains a large fold. engr. plan by I.C. OBERDORFFER after E. PEINE, "Eigentlicher Grundriss des Bossischen Garten von der Grimmischen Thor zu Leipzig" (1700, 30,5x61 cm., legend) and a large fold. engraving by monogrammist "M.B.", "Eigentliche Abbildung der Americanischen Aloe" (63x35 cm.). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.

€ (800-1.000) 2300
72 2352 Andel T van and Ruysschaert S 72 2352 Andel T van and Ruysschaert S
72/2352 Andel, T. van and Ruysschaert, S. Medicinale en rituele planten van Suriname. Amst., Kit Publ., 2011, 528p., num. col. ills., orig. wr. Pulle, A. An Enumeration of the Vascular Plants Known from Surinam, together with their Distribution and Synonymy. Leyden, E.J. Brill, 1906, (8),555p., fold. map, orig. wr. - AND 10 others in 11 vols. on South American flora, i.a. J. MASSART a.o., Une Mission Biologie Belge au Brésil (Août 1922 - Mai 1923) (Brussels, 1929-1930, 2 vols., num. plates and ills., orig. unif. wr.) and R. KNUTH, Initia Florae venezuelensis (Dahlem b. Berlin, 1926, later cl., orig. wr. pres.). - ADDED: E.G. LÓPEZ, Ensayo geobotánico de la Guinea Continental Española (Madrid, 1946, num. (tipped-in col.) plates and ills., orig.(?) giltlettered cl., large 4to).
€ (70-90)
72 2353 Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris et journal spécial de l'état et des progrès du Jardinage Vol 2 9 72 2353 Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris et journal spécial de l'état et des progrès du Jardinage Vol 2 9
72 2353 Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris et journal spécial de l'état et des progrès du Jardinage Vol 2 9 72 2353 Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris et journal spécial de l'état et des progrès du Jardinage Vol 2 9
72/2353 Annales de la Société d'Horticulture de Paris, et journal spécial de l'état et des progrès du Jardinage. Vol. 2-9. Paris, Au Bureau de la Société, 1828-1831, 8 parts in 4 vols., 34 (fold.) lithogr./ engr. plates (2x w. aquatint), contemp. unif. gilt hmor. Journal de la Société Impériale et Centrale d'Horticulture. Vol. 2. Ibid., idem, 1856, XCI,(1),699,(1)p., 2 fold. chromolithogr. plates, bound unif. w. the preceding.

- Occas. sl. foxed. Otherwise fine.

€ (150-250)
72 2354 Audouit E 72 2354 Audouit E
72 2354 Audouit E 72 2354 Audouit E
72/2354 Audouit, E. Atlas de l'herbier des demoiselles. Paris, Allouard et Kaeppelin, 1850, 1st ed., (2),124p., 108 handcol. woodengr. plates by LEBLANC after BELAIFE (incl. title-p.), contemp. gilt hcalf, obl. sm. 4to.

- Partly sl. foxed. Calf of backstrip brittle and sl. worn. = Nissen, BBI 54.

€ (100-150)
72 2355 Backeberg C 72 2355 Backeberg C
72 2355 Backeberg C 72 2355 Backeberg C
72 2355 Backeberg C 72 2355 Backeberg C
72/2355 Backeberg, C. Die Cactaceae. Handbuch der Kakteenkunde. Jena, G. Fischer, 1958-1962, 6 vols., 255 (col.) photogr. plates, num. (full-p.) (col.) (photogr.) ills., orig. unif. giltlettered cl., large 8vo.

- Vols. IV and V endpapers sl. foxed, otherwise fine. Vol. VI covers sl. soiled.

= "Backeberg based much of his work on collections made during extensive travels through Central and South America. An autodidact, many of his classifications were, however, based on flawed assumptions about the family's evolution. His publications Die Cactaceae (1958-1962) and Kakteenlexikon (1966) were substantial works that demonstrated a true passion for these plants, but also garnered criticism for some careless descriptions of taxa". (National History Museum, London)

€ (70-90) 70
72 2356 Baker R T and Smith H G 72 2356 Baker R T and Smith H G
72 2356 Baker R T and Smith H G 72 2356 Baker R T and Smith H G
72/2356 Baker, R.T. and Smith, H.G. Research on the Eucalypts. Especially in regard to their Essential Oils. Sydney, W. Applegate Gullick, 1902, XI,295p., plates, ills., modern hcl. w. orig. wr. mounted, 4to.
€ (40-60)
72 2357 Barker J T 72 2357 Barker J T
72 2357 Barker J T 72 2357 Barker J T
72/2357 Barker, J.T. The Beauty Of Flowers in Field & Wood. Containing the natural orders of families of British Wild Plants with their Moral Teachings Illustrated. Bath/ London, Binns and Goodwin/ Whittaker and Co., (1852), XII,228,(20)p., handcol. frontisp., title and 10 steelengr. plates, orig. embossed and gilt dec. cl., a.e.g.

- Owner's entry and stamp on first free endpaper. Spine sunned.

€ (60-80) 60
72 2358 Batsch A J G C 72 2358 Batsch A J G C
72 2358 Batsch A J G C 72 2358 Batsch A J G C
72/2358 Batsch, A.J.G.C. Botanique pour les femmes et les amateurs des plantes. French transl. and ed. J.F. Bourgoing. Paris/ Strasbourg, Treuttel and Würtz, n.d. (1799), XVI,198p., 4 fold. handcol. engr. plates w. 101 ills., sl. later gilt hcalf.

- Partly waterstained in upper/ outer blank corner (plates fine); occas. trifle foxed. Binding rubbed along extremities.

= Pritzel 484.

€ (80-100)
72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R 72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R
72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R 72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R
72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R 72 2359 Beeftink A and Lijsten R
72/2359 Beeftink, A. and Lijsten, R. Nederlandse Fruitsoorten. Arnhem, S. Gouda Quint and D. Brouwer en Zoon, n.d. (1942), ±700 col. plates by A. BEEFTINK w. text on verso (incl. num. duplicates), each ±24x16 cm., all perforated w. two sm. holes in upper margin, in 11 orig. giltlettered limp red board portfolios.

- Some plates sl. foxed. Slipcases worn. = Nissen Nachträge, 1193n (later ed.). Rare.

€ (150-250) 150
72 2360 Beeftink A and Lijsten R 72 2360 Beeftink A and Lijsten R
72 2360 Beeftink A and Lijsten R 72 2360 Beeftink A and Lijsten R
72/2360 Beeftink, A. and Lijsten, R. Nederlandse Fruitsoorten. Arnhem, S. Gouda Quint and D. Brouwer en Zoon, (1942), (4) textp., 144 col. plates by A. BEEFTINK, orig. giltlettered ringbinder in clothbacked boards.

- First leaf loosening. Otherwise fine. = Nissen Nachträge, 1193n (later ed.). Rare.

€ (70-90)
72 2361 Belser B Der Garten von Eichstätt Hortus Eystettensis Das große Herbarium des Basilius Belser von 1613 Ed G G Aymonin 72 2361 Belser B Der Garten von Eichstätt Hortus Eystettensis Das große Herbarium des Basilius Belser von 1613 Ed G G Aymonin
72 2361 Belser B Der Garten von Eichstätt Hortus Eystettensis Das große Herbarium des Basilius Belser von 1613 Ed G G Aymonin 72 2361 Belser B Der Garten von Eichstätt Hortus Eystettensis Das große Herbarium des Basilius Belser von 1613 Ed G G Aymonin
72/2361 [Belser, B.]. Der Garten von Eichstätt. Hortus Eystettensis. Das große Herbarium des Basilius Belser von 1613. Ed. G.G. Aymonin. Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 1988, without pagination, sumptuously illustrated, orig. cl. w. dustwr., slipcase, folio.

= Plates after the copy kept in the Musée national d'histoire, Paris.

€ (70-90) 70
72 2362 Berghuis S 72 2362 Berghuis S
72 2362 Berghuis S 72 2362 Berghuis S
72/2362 Berghuis, S. De Nederlandsche Boomgaard, beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Vereeniging tot Regeling en Verbetering van de Vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur. Pref. H.C. van Hall. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1868 (general title dated 1864), 2 vols., XXVI,(8),(6),(120); (17),72,32,24,8,4p., 2 diff. chromolithogr. frontisp. after O. EERELMAN and 124 chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. BERGHUIS, all printed by G. SEVEREYNS, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. dec. cl., folio.

- A few plates sl. frayed and/ or loose(ning); occas. foxed. Both vols. sl. rubbed along extremities.

= Nissen, BBI 2221; Landwehr, Dutch books w. col. plates 14. First part entirely devoted to apples, the second part devoted to pears and stone-fruit.

€ (500-700) 550
72 2363 Berghuis S 72 2363 Berghuis S
72 2363 Berghuis S 72 2363 Berghuis S
72 2363 Berghuis S 72 2363 Berghuis S
72/2363 Berghuis, S. De Nederlandsche Boomgaard, beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Vereeniging tot Regeling en Verbetering van de Vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur. Pref. H.C. van Hall. Gron., J.B. Wolters, 1868 (general title dated 1864), 2 vols., XXVI,(8),(6),(120); (17),72,32,24,8,4p., 2 diff. chromolithogr. frontisp. after O. EERELMAN and 124 chromolithogr. plates w. accomp. textleaf after S. BERGHUIS, all printed by G. SEVEREYNS, orig. unif. gilt and blindst. dec. cl., folio.

- Both vols. (sl.) foxed; 2nd vol. first free endpaper partly glued onto title-p. and first few lvs. (water)stained/ dam. in upper outer corner. Covers (badly) soiled.

= Nissen, BBI 2221; Landwehr, Dutch books w. col. plates 14. First part entirely devoted to apples, the second part devoted to pears and stone-fruit.

€ (400-600) 400
72 2364 Berkeley M J 72 2364 Berkeley M J
72 2364 Berkeley M J 72 2364 Berkeley M J
72 2364 Berkeley M J 72 2364 Berkeley M J
72/2364 Berkeley, M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. Comprising all that are known to be natives of the British isles. London, Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863, XXXVI,324,16p., 24 handcol. plates, orig. gilt cl.

= Nissen, BBI 147; Pritzel 687.

Plues, M. Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants. London, Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office, 1864, VIII,314,(4)p., 20 monochrome/ handcol. lithogr. plates, ills., orig. cl.

- Trifle foxed.

€ (50-70) 80
72 2365 Berkeley M J 72 2365 Berkeley M J
72 2365 Berkeley M J 72 2365 Berkeley M J
72/2365 Berkeley, M.J. Handbook of British Mosses. Comprising all that are known to be natives of the British isles. London, Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863, XXXVI,324,16p., 24 handcol. plates, orig. gilt cl.

= Nissen, BBI 147; Pritzel 687.

Tansley, A.G. The British Islands and their Vegetation. Cambridge, University Press, 1949, 2nd ed., 9 parts in 2 vols., XXXVIII,484; XXVIII,485-930p., 162 plates, 179 ills., orig. unif. gilt cl.

€ (50-70) 70
72 2366 Berlèse l'Abbé 72 2366 Berlèse l'Abbé
72 2366 Berlèse l'Abbé 72 2366 Berlèse l'Abbé
72/2366 Berlèse, l'Abbé. Monographie du Genre Camellia. Traité complet sur sa culture avec la déscription et la classification de chaque variété. Paris, H. Cousin, 1845, 3rd ed., (4),337p., 7 lithogr. plates, orig. printed wr.

- (Sl.) foxed throughout; owner's entry on title-p. and htitle; sl. waterwrinkled. Sm. owner's stamp on frontwr.

= Pritzel 693.

€ (100-150)
72 2367 Bertrand J 72 2367 Bertrand J
72 2367 Bertrand J 72 2367 Bertrand J
72/2367 Bertrand, J. De l'eau relativement à l'économie rustique, ou traité de l'irrigation de prés. Lyon, G. Regnault, 1764, 1st ed., XVI,176p., 7 engr. plates, contemp. giltlettered boards.

- Libr. stamp on verso title-p. Binding sl. worn along extremities. = Not in Kress.

€ (80-100)
72 2368 Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten 72 2368 Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten
72 2368 Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten 72 2368 Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten
72/2368 Beschrijving der vruchtsoorten. Gouda, G.B. van Goor, 1862-1864, 3 parts in 2 vols., 61; 62-118,(2); 119-159p., 2 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. hcl. w. orig. unif. frontwr. mounted on frontcover.

- Scattered library stamps; both vols. bookplate op upper pastedown; endpapers yellowed. Both frontcovers w. library stamp and some (water)stains.

= Very rare.

€ (60-80) 60
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