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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ANITA PEEK GILGER, M.D.
BOCCONE, Paolo (1633-1704). Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae, & Italiae. Quarum unaquaeque proprio charactere signata, ab aliis eusdem classis facile distinguitur. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano and London: Robert Scott, 1674.
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BOCCONE, Paolo (1633-1704). Icones & descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae, & Italiae. Quarum unaquaeque proprio charactere signata, ab aliis eusdem classis facile distinguitur. Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano and London: Robert Scott, 1674.
4o (226 x 174 mm). Engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theater on title, 52 engraved illustrations, some hand colored (title with repair to upper blank margin, minor marginal browning). Modern calf. Provenance: purchased from Wheldon and Wesley, 1964.
FIRST EDITION of this description of rare plants in Italy and France. Henrey 14; Hunt 329; Nissen BBI 179; Wing B-3385.
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FIRST EDITION of this description of rare plants in Italy and France. Henrey 14; Hunt 329; Nissen BBI 179; Wing B-3385.