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VESLING, JOHANN. De Plantis Aegyptiis observationes et notae ad Prosperum Alpinum, Padua: Paulo Frambotti 1638. 4to, 258 x 190 mm., contemporary vellum, morocco spine label, titlepage slightly dust-soiled and with small portion of blank corner torn away and patched, light dampstain to top of some leaves, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER COPY, published as a supplement to the two following treatises by Alpinus. 23 fine full-page woodcuts of Egyptian plants. Nissen ___; Pritzel____. -- ALPINUS, PROSPER. De Plantis exoticis libri dup, Venice: Gueriglio, 1627. 4to, 196 x 136 mm., contemporary limp vellum, later morocco spine label, lacks ties,
light dampstain to upper gutter margins of some fifty pages at front, single wormhole to gutter margin of first 250 pages (not affecting text). FIRST EDITION. Engraved titlepage with standing figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, 145 full-page engraved illustrations of plants, woodcut ornaments. Hunt 211; Nissen 21. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. -- ALPINI, PROSPERO. De balsamo dialogis, in quo verissimi balsami plantae...cognitio pleurisque. Venice: Sub Signum Leonis, 1591. 4to 200 x 145 mm., later half vellum. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut printer's device (a standing lion) on title, two large woodcuts in the text. Adams A801; Durling 177. KKM/NYHS, bookplate -- Together 3 vols. (3)
light dampstain to upper gutter margins of some fifty pages at front, single wormhole to gutter margin of first 250 pages (not affecting text). FIRST EDITION. Engraved titlepage with standing figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, 145 full-page engraved illustrations of plants, woodcut ornaments. Hunt 211; Nissen 21. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. -- ALPINI, PROSPERO. De balsamo dialogis, in quo verissimi balsami plantae...cognitio pleurisque. Venice: Sub Signum Leonis, 1591. 4to 200 x 145 mm., later half vellum. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut printer's device (a standing lion) on title, two large woodcuts in the text. Adams A801; Durling 177. KKM/NYHS, bookplate -- Together 3 vols. (3)