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HERBALS -- THEOPHRASTUS (d. ca. 287 B.C.). Historia plantarum, Amsterdam: Hendrick Laurensz, 1644. 2° (350 x 215mm.). Title within engraved figural border, text printed in double column in Greek and Latin, numerous woodcut illustrations, initials. (Some spotting, browning and dampstaining, occasional rustholes, marginal tears and wormholes). Contemporary calf. (Worn). Provenance: "Jeremy C. Roberts from D. A. R. 1957" (presentation label). BMNH 2091; Hunt 240; Pritzel 9197.
With 2 other herbals including John Parkinson's Theatrum Botanicum (London, 1640, lacking engraved title, front free endpaper inscribed "Ex Libris Wilhelm Salmon, Anno. Dom. 1726."). The lot sold not subject to return. (3)
With 2 other herbals including John Parkinson's Theatrum Botanicum (London, 1640, lacking engraved title, front free endpaper inscribed "Ex Libris Wilhelm Salmon, Anno. Dom. 1726."). The lot sold not subject to return. (3)