1332 - Linurier, G.

Linurier, G. The History of Plants, Translated from Latin into French: with their portraits, names... To which are added those of aromatic herbs, four-footed animals, birds, fish, snakes, and other venomous creatures, along with distillations. Paris, Mace 1584. Small 8°. With numerous woodcuts in the text. 898 (instead of 943) pp., 27 leaves. Flexible contemporary binding with handwritten inscriptions (signs of wear). Durling 2826. Wellisch A 28.5. — A rare collected edition compiled by Geoffroi Linocier. "L. compiled this book from various sources which he translated into French: the 'Histoire de plantes' is based on 'Historia plantarum' (1561) by Antoine du Pinet, a French botanist who had compiled his books from botanical writings by F.A. Mattioli and other authors. The following six parts of the book, each of which has its own title page, are abridgments of Gessner’s *Historia animalium* and other zoological works” (W.). The numerous woodcuts depict primarily plants, as well as mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and apparatus. - ╔The following pages are missing:╗ 3–14, 17–32, 35/36, 45/46, 67–78, 81–96, 251/252, 267/268, 455–458, 461/462, 487/488, 499/500, 551/552, 591/592, 595/596, 711–714, 743–746, and 927/928. - Pages 225–240 are bound together. Significant wear. The book block is cracked, loosened, browned, and stained, with some water stains along the edges; marginal discoloration (with some minor text loss in places).