SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Herbarium diluvianum, editio novissima, duplo auctior. Leyden: Petri Vander, 1723. Folio, 388 x 247 mm., contemporary speckled boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, corners a little worn. Second edition0 containing 4 additional plates than the first edition (published at Zurich in 1709). Engraved additional title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the author by J. Nutting after M.F. Tigue, and 14 engraved plates. Hunt 456; Nissen BBI 1752. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHEUCHZER. Herbarium diluvianum. Zurich, 1709. Folio, 380 x 248 mm., contemporary quarter calf, wear to edges; lacks engraved title page. FIRST EDITION, 10 engraved plates by and after Heinrich Huber, one printed in sanguine. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.577. Old inscription "ex. Bibl. Banks" on endpaper; De Candolle, Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, duplicate stamp; KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (2)

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SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB. Herbarium diluvianum, editio novissima, duplo auctior. Leyden: Petri Vander, 1723. Folio, 388 x 247 mm., contemporary speckled boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, corners a little worn. Second edition0 containing 4 additional plates than the first edition (published at Zurich in 1709). Engraved additional title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved portrait of the author by J. Nutting after M.F. Tigue, and 14 engraved plates. Hunt 456; Nissen BBI 1752. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHEUCHZER. Herbarium diluvianum. Zurich, 1709. Folio, 380 x 248 mm., contemporary quarter calf, wear to edges; lacks engraved title page. FIRST EDITION, 10 engraved plates by and after Heinrich Huber, one printed in sanguine. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.577. Old inscription "ex. Bibl. Banks" on endpaper; De Candolle, Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, duplicate stamp; KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (2)

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