
Description
Historiae plantarum universalis.
Ed. D. Chabraeus.
Volume 2 (of 3)
Yverdon; 1651
(2),212; 866,(12)p.
Fully illustrated
Original calf
Large folio: 9.5 by 15.5"
Good condition, worn binding, some faded dampstains
RARE
First and only edition of the magnum opus of the botanist and physician Jean Bauhin (1541-1613), completed after his death by his son-in-law Jean Henri Cherler, edited by Dominique Chabrée and published at the expense of the Swiss jurist Friedrich Ludwig Graffenried.
Bauhin's reputation as a botanist rests upon the encyclopedic Historia plantarum universalis (1650-1651), which was not published until thirty-seven years after his death.
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1651 HISTORIAE PLANTARUM UNIVERSALIS V.2 by J. Bauhin antique BOTANY ILLUSTRATED
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Starting Price
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