ZWINGER, THEODOR, editor. Theatrum Botanicum, das ist Vollkommenes Kräuter-Buch... Basel: Jacob Bischoff, 1744. Folio, 365 x 225 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked using old spine, corners repaired; frontispiece torn and repaired. Second edition revised and enlarged by Friedrich Zwinger, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, colored engraved title and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, many colored. Theatrum Botanicum is largely based on Mattioli, and it is sometimes catalogued under his name. See Nissen BBI 1311 (under Mattioli); Pritzel 10532.

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ZWINGER, THEODOR, editor. Theatrum Botanicum, das ist Vollkommenes Kräuter-Buch... Basel: Jacob Bischoff, 1744. Folio, 365 x 225 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked using old spine, corners repaired; frontispiece torn and repaired. Second edition revised and enlarged by Friedrich Zwinger, folding engraved portrait frontispiece, colored engraved title and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, many colored. Theatrum Botanicum is largely based on Mattioli, and it is sometimes catalogued under his name. See Nissen BBI 1311 (under Mattioli); Pritzel 10532.

Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie, Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate.
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Kenneth K. Mackenzie, Horticultural Society of N.Y., bookplate.

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