Rembertus DODONAEUS - Cruydt-boeck, volghens sijne laetste verbeteringhe [...] Item, int laetste een Beschrijvinghe vande Indiaensche ghewassen, meest ghetrocken uyt de schriften van Carolus Clusius. Nu wederom van nieuws oversien ende verbetert. Antwerp, inde Plantijnsche druckerije van Balthasar Moretus, 1644. In-folio, contemporary parchment (tear to spine, top board restored with missing, missing cords, missing 1 corner). [34 (of 36, lacking the faux-title)], 1492, [60] pp. Last and most complete edition of this botanical treatise illustrated with an engraved title and more than 1000 woodcuts of plants in the text. Bibliotheca Belgica II D121, p. 226. Nissen BBI 518. Working copy (tear and small lack on f. *3, rings of wetness in places, sporadic browning).

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