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[HERBALS]. CHABRÉE, DOMINIQUE. Stirpium Icones et Sciagraphia: Cum Scriptorum circa eas Consensu et Dissensu... Geneva, 1666. Folio, 342 x 214 mm., contemporary vellum, some stains; upper hinge crackef, minor marginal browning. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece and approximately 3500 woodcuts in text. Hunt 304; Nissen BBI 345. Early inscription on front free endpaper (dated 13 May 1670); author's name written on upper cover in an early hand; Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA. Opera quae extant omnia. Frankfurt: Bassaeus, 1598. Folio, 369 x 214 mm., modern vellum; lacks leaf **6, some browning and marginal dampstaining. FIRST EDITION, edited by Caspar Bauhin. Engraved title and over 1000 woodcuts in text. Adams M-906; Nissen BBI 1309. Some early notation on front flyleaf; early inscriptions on rear endpapers; KKM/HSNY, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- DALECHAMP, JACQUES. Histoire Generale des Plantes... Lyon, 1653. 2 vols., folio, contemporary calf, spines gilt, worn; title torn loose and frayed (some loss) in vol. 2, with preliminaries very creased, tables at end stained in second vol. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1297; Nissen BBI 447. Charles Du'Verger, "Etudiant en Chirurgie," inscription on front free endpaper (dated 1753); another inscription on half-title (dated 1755); KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (4)