Major work of Tournefort, Paris 1700
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BOTANY. TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE (3). Institutiones rei herbariae. Editio tertia... 3rd ed. I-III (1 text volume and 2 plate volumes). Paris (e typograpia regia) 1719.
4:o (243x176 mm). (20), (1)-697, (5 blank), (6), (1)-54, (6, last blank) pp. With 2 engraved titles, 489 engraved plates after Claude Aubriet (all, some foxing), engraved vignettes. Lacking engraved frontispiece to vol. I.
Contemporary brown full calf bindings, partly worn and rubbed, cracks in the joints, gilt spines in compartments with red labels, some damages at head and foot, red speckled edges. Engraved titles and 1 printed title with signature in margin, contemporary notes on endpaper. Minor foxing. 3 volumes.
Nissen 1977, Pritzel 9427. Lacking engraved frontispiece to vol. I. This work is considered to be one of Tournefort´s major botanical works. Linné (Linnaeus) named the plant Tournefortia after him.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
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Auktionsnummer:
326520
Datum:
2015-09-16