Paleobotany.- Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob) Herbarium Diluvianum, second edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, additional engraved title, 14 engraved plates, title in red and black with engraved vignette, additional title bound after *2 dedication, portion of paper with ink ownership inscription "Hippisley Ston Easton 1808" laid down to front pastedown along with Ston Easton book-label, browned, spotting, occasional light soiling, offsetting from plates, modern half calf, spine faintly spotted, little rubbed, uncut, [Hunt 456; Nissen BBI 1752], Leiden, Peter Vander Aa, 1723.*** "A notable early work in paleobotany, some say the first" (Hunt). The first edition was published in Zurich in 1709, the second edition increasing the number of plates from 10 to 14.