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DODOENS, Rembert (1517-1585). Cruydt-boeck. Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus, 1644.
Colored throughout in a contemporary hand, and with fine provenance. This copy is from the last and most complete Dutch-language edition of Dodoens's Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, with additions by Joost van Ravelingen. From the distinguished library of Louis-Philipe-Francois le Baron de Warenghein. Nissen BBI 518; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1492.
Folio (365 x 227 mm). Engraved title-page by W. Swan with portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, botanical illustrations throughout with contemporary hand-coloring (some minor marginal dampstaining and occasional spotting, a few early repairs). 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt (recased preserving the original panels). Provenance: H.J. de Rooy (contemporary signature); C. Visseau (early signature); M. le Baron de Warenghien (1771-1854, Commissar of War, Mayor of Douai; bookplate; his sale Paris 9-28 July 1855); Jan Casper van der Voort (library labels); J.J.C. Keer (library label); anonymous sale Sothebys London 15 November 2001, lot 187.
Colored throughout in a contemporary hand, and with fine provenance. This copy is from the last and most complete Dutch-language edition of Dodoens's Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, with additions by Joost van Ravelingen. From the distinguished library of Louis-Philipe-Francois le Baron de Warenghein. Nissen BBI 518; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1492.
Folio (365 x 227 mm). Engraved title-page by W. Swan with portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, botanical illustrations throughout with contemporary hand-coloring (some minor marginal dampstaining and occasional spotting, a few early repairs). 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt (recased preserving the original panels). Provenance: H.J. de Rooy (contemporary signature); C. Visseau (early signature); M. le Baron de Warenghien (1771-1854, Commissar of War, Mayor of Douai; bookplate; his sale Paris 9-28 July 1855); Jan Casper van der Voort (library labels); J.J.C. Keer (library label); anonymous sale Sothebys London 15 November 2001, lot 187.