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.
Natural History and Science
ALPINUS, Prosperus. De plantis Aegypti, Padua: Paul Frambotti, [1638]-1640, 3 parts in one volume, 4° (211 x 153mm.), third edition, the second edition by Johannes Vesling, woodcut illustrations (title lightly soiled, light dampstaining to lower margin of part I & II, stronger dampstaining to part III affecting text), later half calf and marbled boards (slightly worn along extremities). [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111]
Details
ALPINUS, Prosperus. De plantis Aegypti, Padua: Paul Frambotti, [1638]-1640, 3 parts in one volume, 4° (211 x 153mm.), third edition, the second edition by Johannes Vesling, woodcut illustrations (title lightly soiled, light dampstaining to lower margin of part I & II, stronger dampstaining to part III affecting text), later half calf and marbled boards (slightly worn along extremities). [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111]