SECOND SESSION AT 1.00 P.M. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY CONTENTS I. Botany ........................................ 257-299 II. Natural History ............................... 300-326 III. Zoology ....................................... 327-372 IV. General Technology, including metallurgy ...... 373-386 V. Agriculture ................................... 387-403 VI. Printing & Publishing ......................... 404-417 VII. Transportation ................................ 418-428 I. Botany
ALPINUS, Prosper. De Plantis Aegypti, Padua: P. Frambotti, (1638)- 1640, 3 parts in one volume, small 4°, third edition, the second edited by J. Veslingus, woodcut illustrations (discreet perforation stamp on title, some leaves lightly browned), contemporary marginal annotations, 18th-century half sheep over paste paper boards. [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111] Provenance: JCL

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ALPINUS, Prosper. De Plantis Aegypti, Padua: P. Frambotti, (1638)- 1640, 3 parts in one volume, small 4°, third edition, the second edited by J. Veslingus, woodcut illustrations (discreet perforation stamp on title, some leaves lightly browned), contemporary marginal annotations, 18th-century half sheep over paste paper boards. [cf. Blackmer 27; Nissen BBI 20; Pritzel 111] Provenance: JCL

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Originally published in 1592, this work was the first on the plants of Egypt and the first to illustrate and describe the coffee plant.