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Including 12 plates not mentioned in the usual reference works

OSKAMP, Dirk Leonard, Martinus HOUTTUYN, Johan Carl KRAUSS.
Afbeeldingen der Artseny-Gewassen, met derzelver  Nederduitsche en Latijnsche Beschrijvingen.-(Deel I - VI).  (2) A. YPEY. Vervolg op de afbeeldingen der.......(deel 1 en 2, eerste stuk).

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.



Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp en Zoon, 1796-1813. 8 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half cloth (vols 1-7) and half green leather (vol. 8) With 712 engraved plates of herbs, all beautifully coloured by hand.

Dutch edition of the German herbal Icones Plantarum Medicinalium, Abbildungen der Arzneygewächsen published  at Nuremberg, by Dirk Leonard Oskamp, Martinus Houttuyn, and Johan Carl Krauss. With the extremely rare continuation "Vervolg" vol. I and the first part of vol. II. The continuation is mentioned by Landwehr, who doesn't mention the 12 plates of the second part of the continuation, and by Nissen, who refers to a bibliographical note by Mac Gillavry, who knew only of one copy of the first part and does not mention the 12 plates of the second part.
The text and plates of the first 6 volumes are an adaption of Johannes Zorn's Icones Plantarum Medicinalium. The Latin descriptions are from the thirteenth edition of Linné's Systema Naturae, edited by Gmelin. The Dutch text is from Houttuyn's Natuurlijke Historie.

Fine set, with the bookplates of E.C.M.J. Hollman.-  (Lacks 2 printed titles).
Pritzel 10678; Landwehr, Dutch books with Coloured Plates 2; Stafleu, 3926; STC 18th cent. books in  lib. of medicine; Plesch, p. 466; Stiftung für Botanik, 830; Nissen, BBI, 2203.


Related Subjects: 18th Century  Bibliography  Botany  Botany [Herbals]  German  Medicine  Natural History  Pharmacy 

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