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MUNTING, Abraham. De vera antiquorum herba britannica, ejusdemque efficacia contra stomacaccen, seu scelotyrben, frisiis & batavis de Scheurbuyck. -- [Part 2]: Aloidarium, sive aloes mucranato folio americanae majoris, aliarumque ejusdem speciei Historia. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1681-80.
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MUNTING, Abraham. De vera antiquorum herba britannica, ejusdemque efficacia contra stomacaccen, seu scelotyrben, frisiis & batavis de Scheurbuyck. -- [Part 2]: Aloidarium, sive aloes mucranato folio americanae majoris, aliarumque ejusdem speciei Historia. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1681-80.
2 parts in one volume, 4o (198 x 153 mm). Additional engraved allegorical title, engraved portrait, 32 engraved plates of plants, the 8 plates to part 2 bound in part 1. Contemporary calf, spine gilt (some rubbing, light wear to edges). Provenance: P. Imbertz (early name on title); Namur, Jesuit Society (ink stamp on front free endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. The Dutch botanist Abraham Munting was director of the Groningen Botanical Garden, known as the "Paradise of Groningen" from 1658 to 1683. In this work he attempts to identify the "Herba Britannica" of the ancients, illustrating the possible candidates. The second work describes the aloe and other recently discovered American succulents. This edition is rare and was apparently unknown to Nissen. Hunt 360; not in Nissen; Pritzel 6557-8.
2 parts in one volume, 4
FIRST EDITION. The Dutch botanist Abraham Munting was director of the Groningen Botanical Garden, known as the "Paradise of Groningen" from 1658 to 1683. In this work he attempts to identify the "Herba Britannica" of the ancients, illustrating the possible candidates. The second work describes the aloe and other recently discovered American succulents. This edition is rare and was apparently unknown to Nissen. Hunt 360; not in Nissen; Pritzel 6557-8.