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Nees von Esenbeck, Theodor Friedrich Ludwig et al.:
Plantae officinales oder Sammlung officineller Pflanzen. Mit lithographirten Abbildungen von A. Henry
und Beschreibungen von M.F. Weyhe, … Dr. J.W. Wolter, … und P.W. Funke, …
Fortgesetzt von Dr. Th.Fr.L. Nees v. Esenbeck, … Düsseldorf, Arnz, [1821-] 1828-1833, 4 volumes (1 text-volume, 2 volumes atlas and supplement atlas-volume with text); the atlas-volumes and supplement-volume with decorative lithographed titles (reading: Plantae medicinales oder Sammlung offizineller Pflanzen ...) with 426 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 6 plain lithographed plates and 5 cancelled hand-coloured lithographed plates; the supplement-volume with 120 lithographed plates (118 hand-coloured and 2 plain); the text (like the plates) is unnumbered; large folio and folio (atlases 290 x 463 mm; text-volume 250 x 402 mm and supplement 287 x 465 mm), calf-backed boards, spines with slightly raised bands with gilt rules and gilt labels and decoration (carefully restored and rebacked, preserving original back-strips; some small parts missing). The work is as usual more or less foxed and browned. A very well preserved copy of this extensive work about medical botany with well-coloured plates.
€ 14.000
About the main author Nees von Esenbeck (1787-1837): “German botanist;
pharmaceutical assistant at Basel 1811-1816, at Hanau 1816-1817; inspector
of the Leiden botanic garden 1817-1819; Dr.phil. Erlangen 1818; garden
inspector and lecturer at Bonn University 1819; professor of pharmacy ib.
...” (Stafleu & Cowan). Very rare complete set with the often missing
supplement. The fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Aimé Henry
(Nissen BBI, p. 217). Altogether 557 plates (437 + 120) of which 8 plain and
including 5 extra plates (a previous owner has the plates and the text
neatly supplied with plate-numbers in pencil, but these do not quite follow
the index).
* Pritzel 6662; Jackson p. 201*; Nissen BBI 1442; Great flower books p. 69; Stafleu & Cowan 17.391 and III p. 712; Johnston 945. www.meemelink.com · herbals |