Lot Essay
Originally published in 1592, this work was the first on the plants of Egypt and the first to illustrate and describe the coffee plant.
SECOND SESSION AT 1.00 P.M.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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TECHNOLOGY
CONTENTS
I. Botany ........................................ 257-299
II. Natural History ............................... 300-326
III. Zoology ....................................... 327-372
IV. General Technology, including metallurgy ...... 373-386
V. Agriculture ................................... 387-403
VI. Printing & Publishing ......................... 404-417
VII. Transportation ................................ 418-428
I. Botany
ALPINUS, Prosper. De Plantis Aegypti, Padua: P. Frambotti, (1638)- 1640, 3 parts in one volume, small 4°, third edition, the second edited by J. Veslingus, woodcut illustrations (discreet perforation stamp on title, some leaves lightly browned), contemporary marginal annotations, 18th-century half sheep over paste paper boards. [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111] Provenance: JCL
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ALPINUS, Prosper. De Plantis Aegypti, Padua: P. Frambotti, (1638)- 1640, 3 parts in one volume, small 4°, third edition, the second edited by J. Veslingus, woodcut illustrations (discreet perforation stamp on title, some leaves lightly browned), contemporary marginal annotations, 18th-century half sheep over paste paper boards. [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111] Provenance: JCL