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On the cultivation of exotic fruit-trees

STERBEECK, Johannes Franciscus van.
Citricultura, oft Regeringhe der Uythemsche Boomen, te weten Oranien, Citroenen, Limoenen, Granaten, Laurieren, en andere. Waer in beschreven is de gedaente en de kennisse der Boomen, met hunne bloemen, bladeren en vruchtenn.

With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates.

With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates.

With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates.

With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates.

With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates.



Antwerp, Joseph Jacobs, 1682. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, gold-tooled spine. With richly engraved frontispiece by François Ertinger after C.E. Biset, full-page engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee, Justus de Nobelaer, and illustrations of trees, plants and flowers on 14 folding engraved plates. [40], 296, [18] pp.

Rare first edition of an extensive text book on the cultivation of exotic fruit-trees, including orange-trees, lemon- and lime-trees, bay-trees, etc. The botanical plates are beautifully designed, based on those by the Italian botanist Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1584-1655), and are finely executed by the engraver François Ertinger.

Slight waterstains at the beginning. Binding slightly rubbed, top of spine worn off. Good copy of a rare book.
Hunt 365; Nissen, BBI 1893; Pritzel 8948.

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Botany  Natural History 

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