ALPINUS, PROSPER. De Plantis Aegypti...cum observationibus et Notis Joannis Vesling, Leiden, 1735. 2 parts in one vol., 4to, 202 x 160 mm., eighteenth-century paper boards, quite worn, spine chipped, sewing split in one place, last 12 plates with water damage to paper affecting image (patched). Titlepage in red and black, 77 full-page engraved plates, each with the plant's arabic name inscribed in ink in careful arabic script. This copy carried by the explorer Peter Forsskal in Arabia and Egypt (1761-63) as part of the Swedish expedition to the Near East, during which Forsskal and all but one other expedition member perished. Peter Forsskal's copy (1763), according to note at back by a Nolte; Ernst Ferdinand Nolte, bookplate, signature and inscription regarding Forsskal's ownership; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- ALPINI, PROSPERO and JOHANN VESLING. De plantis exoticis libri duo, Venice: Gueriglio 1656. 4to, 190 x 142 mm. later half vellum, edges stained red, worn and soiled, slight spotting, otherwise a good copy. Third Edition. 145 full-page engravings of plants in the text. Nissen 21; See Hunt 211. KKM/HSNY, bookplate; Together 2 vols.. -- ACOSTA, CRISTOVAL. Histoire naturelle et moralle des Indes, tant Orientalles qu'Occidentalles. Paris: Marc Orry, 1600. 8co, 168 x 102 mm., nineteenth-century half green morocco gilt, marbled edges, very minor spotting. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- ORTA, GARCIA D'. Dell historia de i semplici aromati, et altre cose che vengono portate dall'Indie Orientali...dall'Indie Occidentale [with:] MONARDES, NICHOLAS. Tratto della Neve & del bever fresco. Venice: Giovanni Salis 1616. 8vo, 148 x 100 mm., contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, edges stained red, bottom of front hinge split,. Woodcut device on title, woodcuts in the text. Haller I, p.332; Wellcome I, 4663. -- ORTO, GARCIA D'. Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia [translated by Charles l'Ecluse]. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin 1574. 8vo, 160 x 108 mm., marbled paper wrappers, titlepage soiled. Second edition, with additional woodcuts. Adams O320; Durling 3415; Voet 1839. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. Together 5 vols.. (2)