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JACQUIN, Nikolaus Joseph (1727-1817, Baron von). Hortus botanicus Vindobonensis, seu plantarum rariorum, quae in horto botanico Vindobonensi . . . icones coloratae et succinctae descriptiones. Vienna: Leopold Johann Kaliwoda (vols. I & II) and Joseph Michael Gerold (vol. III), 1770-1776.
3 volumes in 2, large 2° (460 x 280mm). Two half-titles, 4 pp. of indices. Hand-coloured engraved plan of the garden, 300 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES by Franz von Scheidl, 4 folding. (Some plates with margins shaved into plate area, 21 plates shaved with very slight loss to image, small hole in plate 2 in vol. I and 100 in vol. III; unobtrusive library stamp and duplicate sale stamp skilfully removed from verso of dedication leaf in vol. I, title in vol. III and final plate in vol. III.) Dark green morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative arabesque border within a series of four triple fillets, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with decorative overall symmetrical pattern composed from various small tools, gilt-ruled turn-ins, g.e., by J. Mackenzie. Provenance: British Museum (stamps, 1831 duplicate for sale stamps, mostly erased); sold Sotheby's 24 February 1831, lot 1002, (11.15.
FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 25 OF 162 COPIES. A spectacular celebration, published under the patronage of Empress Maria Theresa, of the plants in the Vienna Botanic Garden: the result is the first of the great Jacquin colour-plate works. The plants depicted are both European and exotic, useful and ornamental. This copy has been bound with the first volume containing vols. I and II, the second volume contains vol. III followed by 80 sheets of blank paper; this 'padding' allowed the binder to produce two volumes of approximately the same thickness. The binding is uniform with the Florae Austriacae and the Icones (lots 69 and 71): as with the Florae Austriacae, some of the endpapers are watermarked 1830 and Mackenzie's stamp does not include the 'Binder to the King' tag. Given the 1831 duplicate-sale stamp a binding date of between 1831 and 1837 seems probable.
Jacquin was born in Leyden on 16 February 1727. He studied in Antwerp, Leyden and Paris, before his fellow-countryman van Swieten, an old family friend, persuaded him to go to Vienna. Having arrived there, he diligently pursued his botanical studies, and attracted the attention of Emperor Franz I whilst working at Schoenbrunn. Soon afterwards he was commissioned by the Emperor to produce a systematic catalogue of the plants in the gardens, and was later asked by him to go to America to search for plants. He left Austria in 1754, first stopped in the south of France (where he met Sauvage and La Condamine) and finally sailed from Leghorn on 1 Jan 1755. For the next four years he explored the Antilles and parts of South America, and despite the debilitating effect of the climate made a large collection of plants, natural history specimens and ethnographica. On his return to Europe he concentrated on publishing his discoveries and improving the gardens at Schoenbrunn. He subsequently became professor of Botany at Vienna and was raised to the baronage by Emperor Franz II in 1806.
Nissen BBI 973; Stafleu and Cowan 3246. (2)
3 volumes in 2, large 2° (460 x 280mm). Two half-titles, 4 pp. of indices. Hand-coloured engraved plan of the garden, 300 FINE HAND-COLOURED ENGRAVED PLATES by Franz von Scheidl, 4 folding. (Some plates with margins shaved into plate area, 21 plates shaved with very slight loss to image, small hole in plate 2 in vol. I and 100 in vol. III; unobtrusive library stamp and duplicate sale stamp skilfully removed from verso of dedication leaf in vol. I, title in vol. III and final plate in vol. III.) Dark green morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative arabesque border within a series of four triple fillets, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with decorative overall symmetrical pattern composed from various small tools, gilt-ruled turn-ins, g.e., by J. Mackenzie. Provenance: British Museum (stamps, 1831 duplicate for sale stamps, mostly erased); sold Sotheby's 24 February 1831, lot 1002, (11.15.
FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 25 OF 162 COPIES. A spectacular celebration, published under the patronage of Empress Maria Theresa, of the plants in the Vienna Botanic Garden: the result is the first of the great Jacquin colour-plate works. The plants depicted are both European and exotic, useful and ornamental. This copy has been bound with the first volume containing vols. I and II, the second volume contains vol. III followed by 80 sheets of blank paper; this 'padding' allowed the binder to produce two volumes of approximately the same thickness. The binding is uniform with the Florae Austriacae and the Icones (lots 69 and 71): as with the Florae Austriacae, some of the endpapers are watermarked 1830 and Mackenzie's stamp does not include the 'Binder to the King' tag. Given the 1831 duplicate-sale stamp a binding date of between 1831 and 1837 seems probable.
Jacquin was born in Leyden on 16 February 1727. He studied in Antwerp, Leyden and Paris, before his fellow-countryman van Swieten, an old family friend, persuaded him to go to Vienna. Having arrived there, he diligently pursued his botanical studies, and attracted the attention of Emperor Franz I whilst working at Schoenbrunn. Soon afterwards he was commissioned by the Emperor to produce a systematic catalogue of the plants in the gardens, and was later asked by him to go to America to search for plants. He left Austria in 1754, first stopped in the south of France (where he met Sauvage and La Condamine) and finally sailed from Leghorn on 1 Jan 1755. For the next four years he explored the Antilles and parts of South America, and despite the debilitating effect of the climate made a large collection of plants, natural history specimens and ethnographica. On his return to Europe he concentrated on publishing his discoveries and improving the gardens at Schoenbrunn. He subsequently became professor of Botany at Vienna and was raised to the baronage by Emperor Franz II in 1806.
Nissen BBI 973; Stafleu and Cowan 3246. (2)