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DODOENS, Rembert (1518-1585). Florum et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1568.
8o (162 x 102 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, 108 woodcut illustrations of flowering plants by Arnaud Nicolai and G. vam Kampen after P. van der Borcht. (Marginalia in ink, a few light stains.) Later half morocco, vellum-capped corners, red morocco lettering piece gilt, speckled edges (rubbed and worn). Provenance: Martinj Gilling [?] (early inscription in ink on title); Muesaeo Mouton-Fontenille Academiae Lugdunensis (bookplate); C.E. Rappaport Libri Rari (bookseller's ticket on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION. "Dodoens's Florum, et coronarium was devoted the those flowers, ranging from herbaceous annuals and perennials to rare bulbous plants, that were traditionally used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to form garlands and wreaths, coronae; in fact, a garden planted with such flowers was sometimes referred to in this period as a "hortus coronarius." Among the flowers he describes are the rose, violet, lily, marguerite, marigold, amaranth, iris, narcissus, anemone and carnation and sweet-smelling herbs such as thyme, marjoram, lavender and lavender cotton." (Tomasi). Cleveland Collections 97; Hunt 101; Nissen BBI 514 (calling for 107 illustrations); Pritzel 2347; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 1486; An Oak Spring Flora p. 156.
8o (162 x 102 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, 108 woodcut illustrations of flowering plants by Arnaud Nicolai and G. vam Kampen after P. van der Borcht. (Marginalia in ink, a few light stains.) Later half morocco, vellum-capped corners, red morocco lettering piece gilt, speckled edges (rubbed and worn). Provenance: Martinj Gilling [?] (early inscription in ink on title); Muesaeo Mouton-Fontenille Academiae Lugdunensis (bookplate); C.E. Rappaport Libri Rari (bookseller's ticket on front pastedown).
FIRST EDITION. "Dodoens's Florum, et coronarium was devoted the those flowers, ranging from herbaceous annuals and perennials to rare bulbous plants, that were traditionally used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to form garlands and wreaths, coronae; in fact, a garden planted with such flowers was sometimes referred to in this period as a "hortus coronarius." Among the flowers he describes are the rose, violet, lily, marguerite, marigold, amaranth, iris, narcissus, anemone and carnation and sweet-smelling herbs such as thyme, marjoram, lavender and lavender cotton." (Tomasi). Cleveland Collections 97; Hunt 101; Nissen BBI 514 (calling for 107 illustrations); Pritzel 2347; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 1486; An Oak Spring Flora p. 156.