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Jacquin,N.J.V.

Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo aliisque, et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores. With eng. Frontispiece, title vignette, 2 eng. Vign. and 184 (6 double-page resp. folded) copper plates. Text and plates in 1 vol. Vienna, Kraus, 1763. folio. 5 vols, VII p., 284 p., 7 vols. Central binding with rich gilt and brown boards. (Cover partially restored at spine). First edition. - The first large illustrated work by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, who traveled the West Indies from 1754 to 1759 to collect new plants for the imperial gardens in Vienna and Schönbrunn Palace. The magnificent engravings after drawings by the author "are excellent for the period" (Zimmer). The copper title shows the arriving colonists in the Caribbean in stormy seas, the frontispiece with Native Americans surrounded by Caribbean botany and animals. "In 1754, at the age of 27, a botanist born in Leiden, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, made his first expedition to Central America. He was collecting seeds and plants for the Imperial gardens at Schonbrunn in Vienna. He took with him his Dutch head gardener and two Italian zoologists, and initially they concentrated on Grenada, Martinique, and Domingo, then under the control of the French. Von Jacquin sent the others home, in succession, laden with plants, but was himself captured by the British and kept prisoner for over a year. On his release, he remained in America, visiting Cuba and Jamaica to collect more plants before returning to Vienna in 1759. His books are among the finest of the period: 'Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia' was first published in 1763" as here (Martyn Rix, "The Golden Age of Botanical Art," p. 114). Few plates with traces of worming, especially in margins. A3 before A2 prebound. A good copy. Caribbean - Botany. - With engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 2 engraved vignettes and 184 engraved plates. First edition. The first large illustration work by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, who traveled from 1754 to 1759 in the West Indies, to collect new plants for the imperial gardens at Vienna and Schönbrunn Palace. The magnificent ones engraved according to drawings by the author "are excellent for the period" (room). The copper title shows the arriving colonists in the Caribbean in a stormy sea, the frontispiece with Native Americans surrounded by Caribbean botany and animals. "In 1754, at the age of 27, a botanist born in Leiden, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, made his first expedition to Central America. He was collecting seeds and plants for the Imperial gardens at Schonbrunn in Vienna. He took with him his Dutch head gardener and two Italian zoologists, and initially they concentrated on Grenada, Martinique, and Domingo, then under the control of the French. Von Jacquin sent the others home, in succession, laden with plants, but was himself captured by the British and kept prisoner for over a year. On his release, he remained in America, visiting Cuba and Jamaica to collect more plants before returning to Vienna in 1759. His books are among the finest of the period: 'Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia' was first published in 1763 " as here (Martyn Rix," The Golden Age of Botanical Art, "p. 114). Few panels, especially on the edge with traces of worms. A3 bound before A2. - Good copy.

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