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1696 PLANTARUM REGNI VEGETABILIS antique VELLUM VEGETABLE KINGDOM PLANTS
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  • Title: 1696 PLANTARUM REGNI VEGETABILIS antique VELLUM VEGETABLE KINGDOM PLANTS
  • Description: Regni vegetabilis
    pars altera
    plantarum descriptionem,
    classes et differentias: figuram, sapores, odores, colores, virtutes et usus proponens;
    inserta praeprimis est methodo
    Bauhiniana enumeratio plantarum indigenarum seu in Helvetia & circa Basileam sponte nascentium cum earundem synonymis & nova dispositione ex florum & seminum configuratione juxta Rob. Morison, & Joh. Rajum Anglos
    by Emanuelis Konig (1658-1731)
    (The vegetable kingdom : description of plants , classes and differences: shapes, tastes, smells, colors, virtues and uses)
    Basileae : Ex Officina Typographica Emanuelis & Ioh. Georgii Regum, Bibliopol., ; An. 1696.
    With woodcut vignette.
    8 leaves, 271 pages, 4 leaves.
    - VD17 23:240446T. -
    Size 6 1/8 by 8"
    Original vellum binding with manuscript title at the spine
    Heavy toning.
    Text in Latin

    From the library of eminent Macerate bibliophile of the 18th century cardinale MARIUS MAREFUSCHUS, with his heraldic ex-libris
    ---------
    Mario Compagnoni Marefoschi (1714-1780)
    He was born in Macerata on 10 September 1714 and was a cardinal of the Roman Curia, exercising many functions within it, especially in the congregation of rites , in that of the propagation of the faith , and in the congregation for the correction of oriental books .
    On September 10, 1770, his appointment as cardinal was published and he was named prefect of the congregation of rites and president of the commission created to organize the suppression of the Jesuit order.
    He was also known for his sympathies with Jansenism and for having been, between 1774 and 1775, chamberlain of the Sacred College.
    His library was dispersed after his death.



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    1696 PLANTARUM REGNI VEGETABILIS antique VELLUM VEGETABLE KINGDOM PLANTS

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