COLOR PLATES AFTER EHRET TREW, CHRISTOPH JAKOB. Plantae selectae. Parts 1-10 in one volume. Engraved general title and divisional titles 1-5 (of

COLOR PLATES AFTER EHRET TREW, CHRISTOPH JAKOB. Plantae selectae. Parts 1-10 in one volume. Engraved general title and divisional titles 1-5 (of 10), all accentuated in gold and red; 3 (of 4) mezzotint portraits, lacking the portrait of Benedict Christian Vogel found in some copies; 100 hand-colored botanical plates engraved by Johann Jacob and Johann Elias Haid after drawings by georg dionysius ehret, each with first word of caption accentuated in gold. [4], 56, [2] pages. Folio, 508x350 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt, spine ends chipped, gilt shelf number in upper inner corner of front cover; small unobtrusive perforated stamp in blank upper outer corner of general title, ink accession number in blank lower margin of portrait of Ehret, otherwise a clean, attractive copy. Augsburg, 1750-73