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Gessner,C. Conradi Gesneri Historia plantarum. Vol. 1-8: Containing (one hundred and sixty-four) watercolors from the botanical estate of Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) in the Erlangen University Library. Facsimile edition. 8 vols. Dietikon-Zurich, Urs-Graf-Verlag 1972-80. fol. With a total of 164 col. and mont. With a total of 164 color and mounted plates and numerous text illustrations. Ohprgtbde. with gilt-stamped spine titles, illustrated OU. in original cardboard slipcases. - One of 550 num. Copies. - Impeccable.

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Gessner,C. Conradi Gesneri Historia plantarum. Vol. 1-8: Containing (one hundred and sixty-four) watercolors from the botanical estate of Conrad Gessner (1516-1565) in the Erlangen University Library. Facsimile edition. 8 vols. Dietikon-Zurich, Urs-Graf-Verlag 1972-80. fol. With a total of 164 col. and mont. With a total of 164 color and mounted plates and numerous text illustrations. Ohprgtbde. with gilt-stamped spine titles, illustrated OU. in original cardboard slipcases. - One of 550 num. Copies. - Impeccable.

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1) [ROBBÉ DE BEAUVESET (Pierre-Honoré)]: Mon odyssée ou le journal de mon retour de Saintonge. Poëme à Chloé. The Hague, 1760, 125 pages + 4 t.p. figures. Bound with 2) [WATELET (Claude-Henri)]. Silvie. London [Paris, Prault], 1743, 1 title frontispiece-78 pages + 8 figures h.t. 9.5 by 16 cm. Full streaked black morocco, 5-rib spine, rich inner lace, double fillet on edges, all edges gilt (binding signed POUILLET). Slight scratches on the boards, a bump on one cut. Otherwise very good condition for this sober but stylish binding. Reunion of two charming volumes with engraved figures by Cochin. 1) First edition. C. Michel, Cochin et le livre illustré au XVIIIe s., n° 191. "Robbé asked his uncle Despille for four illustrations and had them engraved by their friend Cochin. The four drawings attributed without convincing reason to Cochin are in the Louvre." (C. Michel). In satirical verse, the author recounts his picaresque adventures on the road from Jonzac to Orléans, via Saintes, Chinon, Tours, Amboise and Blois. The third song features an apparition of Rabelais, who invites the author to pay him a visit. 2) First edition. C. Michel, Cochin et le livre illustré au XVIIIe s., no. 195. "Four vignettes of children's games, drawn by Pierre, engraved by Cochin fils. Nine in-8 size prints, 1 frontispiece and 8 plates drawn by M. Pierre, eight of which etched by M. Watelet, to which M. Cochin fils gave a few touches in different places on the varnish, before making them bite, & then made a few repeats with the burin in the places missed by the etching. The ninth print, La timidité d'Aminte, is engraved entirely by Cochin fils." (C. Michel). Roman à clef by an author who was a collaborator of the Encyclopédie.

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Gouan, AntoineIllustrationes et observationes Botanicae, ad specierum historiam facientes. Seu rariorum plantarum indigenarum, pyrenuicarum, exoticarum (...) cum iconibus ex naturae typo et magnitudine naturali ab auctore delineatis. Mit 28 gestochenen Tafeln. Tiguri (Zürich), apud Orell, Gessner, Fuesslin et socios, 1773. (8), 83, (1) S. Folio. HLdr. d. 19 Jahrhunderts mit RVergoldung. Botanik Gouan, Antoine Illustrationes et observationes Botanicae, ad specierum historiam facientes. Seu rariorum plantarum indigenarum, pyrenuicarum, exoticarum (...) cum iconibus ex naturae typo et magnitudine naturali ab auctore delineatis. Mit 28 gestochenen Tafeln. Tiguri (Zürich), apud Orell, Gessner, Fuesslin et socios, 1773. (8), 83, (1) S. Folio. HLdr. d. 19 Jahrhunderts mit RVergoldung. Sehr selten, kein Exemplar im internationalen Handel für uns nachweisbar. Pritzel, 3487. - Nissen, Botanische Buchillustation, 741. - Originalausgabe in sehr schönem, frischem Zustand, Die Tafeln sind selten, der Druck scharf und kontrastreich. Antoine Gouan, geboren und gestorben in Montpellier, wurde in seiner Heimatstadt ein bekannter Botaniker und der erste in Frankreich, der ein botanisches Werk nach der von Linné eingeführten Nomenklatur veröffentlichte. Während seines Medizinstudiums war er Schüler von François Boissier de Sauvages, der zu dieser Zeit einer der eifrigsten Anhänger Linnés war. 1762 veröffentlichte er seinen Hortus regius monspeliensis, das erste in Frankreich erschienene Werk mit der binomischen Nomenklatur von Linné. - Gutes Exemplar. Very rare, no copy traceable for us in international trade. - Botany. - With 28 engraved plates. Original edition in very fine, fresh condition, the plates are rare, the print sharp and rich in contrast. Antoine Gouan, born and died in Montpellier, became a well-known botanist in his home town and the first in France to publish a botanical work according to the nomenclature introduced by Linné. During his medical studies, he was a pupil of François Boissier de Sauvages, who was one of Linné's most ardent supporters at the time. In 1762 he published his Hortus regius monspeliensis, the first work published in France to use Linné's binomial nomenclature.- A good copy.

Starting price 200 EUR

Zwei Ausgaben der Edition. Mit insgesamt 8 (davon 4 beiliegend u. signiert) OHolzstichen von Karl-Georg Hirsch u. 4 OFarbholzschnitten von Esteban Fekete. 4°. Je OBroschur mit mont. DSchild. Neu-Isenburg, Edition Tiessen, 1981/1991. Edition Tiessen Zwei Ausgaben der Edition. Mit insgesamt 8 (davon 4 beiliegend u. signiert) OHolzstichen von Karl-Georg Hirsch u. 4 OFarbholzschnitten von Esteban Fekete. 4°. Je OBroschur mit mont. DSchild. Neu-Isenburg, Edition Tiessen, 1981/1991. Enthält: Fritz Reuter: Im Reformverein oder Woher die große Armut in der Welt stammt. 1991. 25 S., 1 Bl. 24. Druck der Edition. Eines von 75 Exemplaren der Vorzugsausgabe mit einer zusätzlichen Folge der Holzstiche. - Der Bergmann von Falun. 1981. 17 S. 1 Bl. 18. Druck der Edition. Eines von 500 Exemplaren. - Äußerst wohlerhaltene Exemplare, die OGraphiken durchweg prachtvoll u. differenziert im Druck. Two issues of the edition With 8 orig. wood engravings (of which 4 signed) a. 4 orig. colour woodcuts. Each orig. brochure with mounted label on cover. Contains: as listed above. - Copies exceptionally well preserved, the orig. graphics splendid and in highly differentiated impression throughout.

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