SCHMIDEL, CASIMIR CHRISTOPH. Icones Plantarum et analyses partium aeri incisae atque vivis coloribus insignitae adiectis indicibus nominum necessariis figurarum explicationibus et brevibus animadversionibus....Editio II. Erlangen: apud Ioannem Iacobum Palm, 1793-1797, Folio, 450 x 295 mm., modern green vexine,gilt stamped, uncut, plate sheets slightly darkened. "Second", but technically the Third Edition and the first to contain all three "Manipuli", continuous signatures and pagination. 75 uncolored engraved plates by Bischoff, Knorr and Keller after Gabler, Keller and Bischoff. Nissen BBI 1780; Pritzel 8255; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.854. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- GESSNER, CONRAD. Historia Plantarum fasciculus quem ex bibliotheca D. Christophori Iacobi Trew...editie et illustravit D. Casimirus Christophorus Schmidel. Nuremberg: J.M. Seligmann 1759 [i.e. Opera Botanica vol. 2 pt. 1 only]. Folio, 505 x 315 mm., contemporary half calf gilt, joints cracked, dampstained. FIRST EDITION. 14 handcolored engraved plates by Seligmann. Nissen BBI 700. PHILIPP MILLER'S COPY, signature; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHREBER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN DANIEL. Bescreibung der Gräser. Leipzig: S.L. Crusius (vol. 2: C.W. Vogel), [1766-] 1769-1810. 2 vols. in one, folio, 400 x 250 mm., quarter calf over old boards with vellum corners, uncut. FIRST EDITION. 54 uncolored engraved plates (8 of them folding) by Bischoff, Bock and Crusius after Geisler, Geyser, Hoffmann, Kretsch and Lang. Nissen BBI 1807; Pritzel 8395; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 11.127.KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHKUHR, CHRISTIAN. Historie des Carex ou Laiches...traduite de l'allemand et augmentée par G[isleu] François] Delavigne. Leipzig: Voss, 1802. 8vo, 225 x 158 mm., old quarter calf, corners worn. First Edition in French. Engraved portrait and 54 handcolored engraved plates after Schkuhr. Nissen BI 1765; Pritzel 8204n; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.728. Robert de Belder -- HASSKARL, J.K. Horti malabbrici Rheedeani Clavis. Dresden, 1867. 4to, 292 x 233 mm., disbound, final leaf slightly defective -- DILLWYNN, LEWIS WESTON]. A review of the references to the Hortus malabricus of Henry van Rheede van Draakenstein. Not Published. Swansea: printed at the Cambrian-Office, by Murray and Rees, 1839. 8vo, 250 x 160 mm., old white half paper over marbled boards, leaves brittle and chipped. FIRST EDITION. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO DR. [ROBERT] WIGHT, botanist and author of works on Indian botany. Pritzel 2288; Staf,leu & Cowan TL2 1474. Massachusetts Horticultural Society; Robert de Belder. (6)

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SCHMIDEL, CASIMIR CHRISTOPH. Icones Plantarum et analyses partium aeri incisae atque vivis coloribus insignitae adiectis indicibus nominum necessariis figurarum explicationibus et brevibus animadversionibus....Editio II. Erlangen: apud Ioannem Iacobum Palm, 1793-1797, Folio, 450 x 295 mm., modern green vexine,gilt stamped, uncut, plate sheets slightly darkened. "Second", but technically the Third Edition and the first to contain all three "Manipuli", continuous signatures and pagination. 75 uncolored engraved plates by Bischoff, Knorr and Keller after Gabler, Keller and Bischoff. Nissen BBI 1780; Pritzel 8255; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.854. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- GESSNER, CONRAD. Historia Plantarum fasciculus quem ex bibliotheca D. Christophori Iacobi Trew...editie et illustravit D. Casimirus Christophorus Schmidel. Nuremberg: J.M. Seligmann 1759 [i.e. Opera Botanica vol. 2 pt. 1 only]. Folio, 505 x 315 mm., contemporary half calf gilt, joints cracked, dampstained. FIRST EDITION. 14 handcolored engraved plates by Seligmann. Nissen BBI 700. PHILIPP MILLER'S COPY, signature; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHREBER, JOHANN CHRISTIAN DANIEL. Bescreibung der Gräser. Leipzig: S.L. Crusius (vol. 2: C.W. Vogel), [1766-] 1769-1810. 2 vols. in one, folio, 400 x 250 mm., quarter calf over old boards with vellum corners, uncut. FIRST EDITION. 54 uncolored engraved plates (8 of them folding) by Bischoff, Bock and Crusius after Geisler, Geyser, Hoffmann, Kretsch and Lang. Nissen BBI 1807; Pritzel 8395; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 11.127.KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SCHKUHR, CHRISTIAN. Historie des Carex ou Laiches...traduite de l'allemand et augmentée par G[isleu] François] Delavigne. Leipzig: Voss, 1802. 8vo, 225 x 158 mm., old quarter calf, corners worn. First Edition in French. Engraved portrait and 54 handcolored engraved plates after Schkuhr. Nissen BI 1765; Pritzel 8204n; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.728. Robert de Belder -- HASSKARL, J.K. Horti malabbrici Rheedeani Clavis. Dresden, 1867. 4to, 292 x 233 mm., disbound, final leaf slightly defective -- DILLWYNN, LEWIS WESTON]. A review of the references to the Hortus malabricus of Henry van Rheede van Draakenstein. Not Published. Swansea: printed at the Cambrian-Office, by Murray and Rees, 1839. 8vo, 250 x 160 mm., old white half paper over marbled boards, leaves brittle and chipped. FIRST EDITION. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO DR. [ROBERT] WIGHT, botanist and author of works on Indian botany. Pritzel 2288; Staf,leu & Cowan TL2 1474. Massachusetts Horticultural Society; Robert de Belder. (6)

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