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ZORN, Johannes (1739-1799). Dreyhundert auserlesene Amerikanische Gewächse. Nuremberg: Raspischen Buchhandlung, 1785-87 [-88].
6 volumes in 3, 8° (202 x 126mm). Titles to vols. I, III and V, 300 hand-coloured engraved plates after Louise Römer. (Lacking titles for vols. II, IV and VI, one or two plates very lightly spotted.) Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in six compartments, red and black morocco lettering-pieces in two (corners and spines rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Most of the plates are copied from Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's Selectarum stirpium Americanarum Historia, first published in 1763 (see lot ). Nissen BBI 2204. (3)
6 volumes in 3, 8° (202 x 126mm). Titles to vols. I, III and V, 300 hand-coloured engraved plates after Louise Römer. (Lacking titles for vols. II, IV and VI, one or two plates very lightly spotted.) Contemporary half calf, spines gilt in six compartments, red and black morocco lettering-pieces in two (corners and spines rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. Most of the plates are copied from Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin's Selectarum stirpium Americanarum Historia, first published in 1763 (see lot ). Nissen BBI 2204. (3)