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PASS, Crispin van de. Hortus Floridus In quo rariorum & minus vulgarium florum Icones ad vivum veramque accuratissime delineatae... Jardin de Fleurs, les plus rares et plus excellentes fleurs que pour le present les amateurs dicelles tiennent en grande estime et dignite. Divisees selon les quatres saisons del'an. Utrecht and Arnhem: C. van de Pass and J.Jansson, 1614 [-?1616].
Small oblong 2° (162 x 250mm). Engraved general title with portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, letterpress title and 11 lvs. of text in French (Iardin de Fleurs...) and 174 PLATES COLOURED THROUGHOUT IN AN 18TH-CENTURY HAND, extra-illustrated with an additional 25 hand-coloured plates. (Some dampstaining or light browning, tear into the 11th plate without loss, one garden view shaved at upper edge.) Old sheep (rebacked and recornered). Provenance: Garide (early inscription 'garide prof. Reg.'); Alfred Pfeiffer (armorial bookplate).
THE FRENCH TEXT ISSUE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL OF THE EARLY FLORILEGIA. The present copy is one of the few with all five parts and with coloured plates. Although there is great discrepancy between copies in the number of plates, this one is remarkably complete with 174. All the plates (except one as noted) are without Latin text printed on the verso; most are before numbers and many are before added insects or backgrounds. The plates are arranged according to the seasons and depict primarily tuberous or bulbous plants. Most are by de Pass, although he was assisted by his two brothers, who signed some of the plates. Because virtually no two copies of the Hortus Floridus agree in collation or states of the plates, and the presence of the other works, the lot is sold not subject to return. Cf.Nissen BBI 1494; cf. Hunt 199; Savage, 'The Hortus Floridus', Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, Second Series IV, pp.181-205. The plates are divided as follows:
I.[Fleurs de Printemps]. 49 plates: 48 plates of flowers, 1 plate showing a method of forcing tulips, 14 plates with engraved numbers. (The 11th plate with 35mm tear into image, 18 plates with some dampstaining.)
II.[Fleurs d'Este]. 21 plates: 1 garden view and 20 plates of flowers, without engraved numbers. (2 plates browned.)
III.[Fleurs d'Automne]. 27 plates: 26 plates of flowers, engraved plate "Epigramma" depicting Flora embracing a cornucopia of flowers, 2 plates with engraved numbers, 14 plates with insects.
IV.[Fleurs d'Hivers]. 15 plates: 1 garden view and 14 plates of flowers, 7 plates with engraved numbers, 2 plates with insects. (2 plates browned.)
V.[Altera pars]. 62 plates: engraved plate "Cognoscite lilia" with Latin letterpress text on verso, 61 plates of flowers with engraved numbers.
[Bound with:]
24 hand-coloured engravings: a suite of 21 plates, each plate with a proverb or biblical quote (in Latin or one in French) and illustrations of numerous plants and animals, the plates unsigned but preceded by a decorative plate with imprint Venetiis Aput Iust. Sadeler. [And:] P. FURENS. a single leaf with 2 hand-coloured plates of hunting scenes: a stag at bay; and a bear at bay.
Small oblong 2° (162 x 250mm). Engraved general title with portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, letterpress title and 11 lvs. of text in French (Iardin de Fleurs...) and 174 PLATES COLOURED THROUGHOUT IN AN 18TH-CENTURY HAND, extra-illustrated with an additional 25 hand-coloured plates. (Some dampstaining or light browning, tear into the 11th plate without loss, one garden view shaved at upper edge.) Old sheep (rebacked and recornered). Provenance: Garide (early inscription 'garide prof. Reg.'); Alfred Pfeiffer (armorial bookplate).
THE FRENCH TEXT ISSUE OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND INFLUENTIAL OF THE EARLY FLORILEGIA. The present copy is one of the few with all five parts and with coloured plates. Although there is great discrepancy between copies in the number of plates, this one is remarkably complete with 174. All the plates (except one as noted) are without Latin text printed on the verso; most are before numbers and many are before added insects or backgrounds. The plates are arranged according to the seasons and depict primarily tuberous or bulbous plants. Most are by de Pass, although he was assisted by his two brothers, who signed some of the plates. Because virtually no two copies of the Hortus Floridus agree in collation or states of the plates, and the presence of the other works, the lot is sold not subject to return. Cf.Nissen BBI 1494; cf. Hunt 199; Savage, 'The Hortus Floridus', Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, Second Series IV, pp.181-205. The plates are divided as follows:
I.[Fleurs de Printemps]. 49 plates: 48 plates of flowers, 1 plate showing a method of forcing tulips, 14 plates with engraved numbers. (The 11th plate with 35mm tear into image, 18 plates with some dampstaining.)
II.[Fleurs d'Este]. 21 plates: 1 garden view and 20 plates of flowers, without engraved numbers. (2 plates browned.)
III.[Fleurs d'Automne]. 27 plates: 26 plates of flowers, engraved plate "Epigramma" depicting Flora embracing a cornucopia of flowers, 2 plates with engraved numbers, 14 plates with insects.
IV.[Fleurs d'Hivers]. 15 plates: 1 garden view and 14 plates of flowers, 7 plates with engraved numbers, 2 plates with insects. (2 plates browned.)
V.[Altera pars]. 62 plates: engraved plate "Cognoscite lilia" with Latin letterpress text on verso, 61 plates of flowers with engraved numbers.
[Bound with:]
24 hand-coloured engravings: a suite of 21 plates, each plate with a proverb or biblical quote (in Latin or one in French) and illustrations of numerous plants and animals, the plates unsigned but preceded by a decorative plate with imprint Venetiis Aput Iust. Sadeler. [And:] P. FURENS. a single leaf with 2 hand-coloured plates of hunting scenes: a stag at bay; and a bear at bay.