Description
Horti medici Amstelodamensis rariorum tam orientalis, quam occidentalis Indiae, aliarumque peregrinarum plantarum [...] descriptio et icones. - Beschryvinge en curieuse afbeeldingen van rare vreemde Oost- West-Indische en andere gewassen vertoont in den Amsterdamsche Kruyd-Hof. Volume 1 (of 2). With engraved title, 2 armorial engravings and 112 engravings on 110 plates, all in later, but old coloring with heightened opaque white. Amsterdam, Blaeu en van Someren, 1697. folio. 9 vols, 220 pp. Leather binding (heavily rubbed and bumped, spine and edges renewed later, book block loose). Nissen, BBI 389 - Stafleu-C. 1187 - Great Flower Books 54 - Hunt 399 - First edition, volume 2 was published in 1701. "Jan Commelin was the successful director of the 'Artsenij-Hoff' of the city of Amsterdam, which he founded. Through his close connection with influential patrons from the ranks of the East India Company, he made it one of the richest in Europe" (Nissen p. 85). - Old American library stamp on endpapers and rear inside cover, book block broken several times, first and last quires loose and somewhat frayed at the sides, small paper tear in the binding of plates 25-29, 47/48 and 85-89 as well as the corresponding pages 49-57, 87-91 and 165-173, brittle ink stain in the text of pp. 151/152. Evenly slightly browned, otherwise clean. - Purchased as viewed.
1374
Horti medici Amstelodamensis rariorum tam orientalis, quam occidentalis Indiae, aliarumque peregrinarum plantarum [...] descriptio et icones. - Beschryvinge en curieuse afbeeldingen van rare vreemde Oost- West-Indische en andere gewassen vertoont in den Amsterdamsche Kruyd-Hof. Volume 1 (of 2). With engraved title, 2 armorial engravings and 112 engravings on 110 plates, all in later, but old coloring with heightened opaque white. Amsterdam, Blaeu en van Someren, 1697. folio. 9 vols, 220 pp. Leather binding (heavily rubbed and bumped, spine and edges renewed later, book block loose). Nissen, BBI 389 - Stafleu-C. 1187 - Great Flower Books 54 - Hunt 399 - First edition, volume 2 was published in 1701. "Jan Commelin was the successful director of the 'Artsenij-Hoff' of the city of Amsterdam, which he founded. Through his close connection with influential patrons from the ranks of the East India Company, he made it one of the richest in Europe" (Nissen p. 85). - Old American library stamp on endpapers and rear inside cover, book block broken several times, first and last quires loose and somewhat frayed at the sides, small paper tear in the binding of plates 25-29, 47/48 and 85-89 as well as the corresponding pages 49-57, 87-91 and 165-173, brittle ink stain in the text of pp. 151/152. Evenly slightly browned, otherwise clean. - Purchased as viewed.
