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CRANTZ, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von (1722-1799). Stirpium Austriacarum pars I [II]. Vienna J.P. Kraus, 1769, 2 volumes, each with 3 fascicules, 4° (248 x 185mm). 2 general titles with engraved vignette, 6 fascicule titles with engraved vignette and 6 dedication leaves within engraved border, 18 plates, 17 folding, by and after Augustin Cips (some browning and spotting, worse in the text). 19th-century green roan-backed boards, gilt spines (rubbed). Provenance: E. Lopez de Silva, Madrid (blindstamp on general titles). FIRST COMPLETE EDITION. The six fascicules are dedicated to different botanical societies or natural historians including Saverio Manetti, Albrecht von Haller and the Dane, Petrus Ascanius, a pupil of Linnaeus. Hunt 603; Pritzel 1954*. (2)
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