![[DU PINET, Antoine (ca. 1515-ca. 1584)]. L'Histoire des plantes... avec leurs pourtraicts, noms, qualitez et lieux où elles croissent, translated from Latin into French by Geoffrey Linocier. Paris: Charles Macé, 1584. 7 parts in one volume, 16° (116 x 72mm), section titles with zoomorphic woodcut borders, about 900 woodcut illustrations. (Persistent light waterstaining, a few leaves close cut or with corners torn away.) 18th-century French red morocco gilt, covers with triple fillets and fleurons at corners, flat gilt spine with floral motif and green morocco label, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed and bumped). Provenance: Fréd Cuvier and G. Cuvier (stamps on title) -- George Xavier (1869 inscription on title verso) -- [Norman Innys].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_02362_0008_000(du_pinet_antoine_lhistoire_des_plantes_avec_leurs_pourtraicts_noms_qua060311).jpg?w=1)
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[DU PINET, Antoine (ca. 1515-ca. 1584)]. L'Histoire des plantes... avec leurs pourtraicts, noms, qualitez et lieux où elles croissent, translated from Latin into French by Geoffrey Linocier. Paris: Charles Macé, 1584. 7 parts in one volume, 16° (116 x 72mm), section titles with zoomorphic woodcut borders, about 900 woodcut illustrations. (Persistent light waterstaining, a few leaves close cut or with corners torn away.) 18th-century French red morocco gilt, covers with triple fillets and fleurons at corners, flat gilt spine with floral motif and green morocco label, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed and bumped). Provenance: Fréd Cuvier and G. Cuvier (stamps on title) -- George Xavier (1869 inscription on title verso) -- [Norman Innys].
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Linocier's translation of Du Pinet's Historia plantarum, with additions taken from the works of Mattioli, Gesner, and others to provide a comprehensive history of plants in general, aromatic plants, quadrupeds, birds, fish, serpents, and the manner of distilling plants. L'histoire des plantes aromatiques is based, for the most part, on the works of Charles de l'Écluse, Garcia d'Orta, and Nicolás Monardes. Du Pinet's work first appeared in 1561. Adams L-734; NLM/Durling 2826; Pritzel 2539.
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH. Linocier's translation of Du Pinet's Historia plantarum, with additions taken from the works of Mattioli, Gesner, and others to provide a comprehensive history of plants in general, aromatic plants, quadrupeds, birds, fish, serpents, and the manner of distilling plants. L'histoire des plantes aromatiques is based, for the most part, on the works of Charles de l'Écluse, Garcia d'Orta, and Nicolás Monardes. Du Pinet's work first appeared in 1561. Adams L-734; NLM/Durling 2826; Pritzel 2539.