细节
[HOFFMANN, PETER]. [Russian title: A Collection worthy of curiosity from the realm of Plants, prepared under the auspices of the State Medical College]. [Moscow, 1797-1803].
Folio, 413 x 271 mm., modern speckled half calf in antique style over contemporary marbled boards, old red morocco spine label, board edges worn, front free endpaper torn and repaired, occasional marginal soiling, mostly at front of volume.
Second Edition, comprising a reissue of the first four parts, together with a further three parts. Letterpress title and 60 hand-colored engraved plates; 9 leaves letterpress text comprising descriptions of plates 1-10 (2 leaves), and 11-20 (2 leaves), 21-40 (2 leaves), 41-50 (1 leaf) and 51-60 (1 leaf), dated between 1797 and 1803. Bound in are three identical prints from another work, dedicated in gratitude to Sergei Vasilievitch Tolstoy.
An extremely rare Russian flora. Unrecorded in the standard botanical bibliographies.
Provenance: A. Smirdin Reading Library, Library ticket and shelfmark on front pastedown -- Russisches Antiquaria, Berlin, label on back pastedown -- Robert de Belder (sale, Sotheby's London, 27 April 1987, lot 153).
Folio, 413 x 271 mm., modern speckled half calf in antique style over contemporary marbled boards, old red morocco spine label, board edges worn, front free endpaper torn and repaired, occasional marginal soiling, mostly at front of volume.
Second Edition, comprising a reissue of the first four parts, together with a further three parts. Letterpress title and 60 hand-colored engraved plates; 9 leaves letterpress text comprising descriptions of plates 1-10 (2 leaves), and 11-20 (2 leaves), 21-40 (2 leaves), 41-50 (1 leaf) and 51-60 (1 leaf), dated between 1797 and 1803. Bound in are three identical prints from another work, dedicated in gratitude to Sergei Vasilievitch Tolstoy.
An extremely rare Russian flora. Unrecorded in the standard botanical bibliographies.
Provenance: A. Smirdin Reading Library, Library ticket and shelfmark on front pastedown -- Russisches Antiquaria, Berlin, label on back pastedown -- Robert de Belder (sale, Sotheby's London, 27 April 1987, lot 153).