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RENEAULME, PAUL DE. Specimen historiae plantarum. 25 full-page botanical etchings. [6], 152, [2]; 47 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to,

RENEAULME, PAUL DE. Specimen historiae plantarum. 25 full-page botanical etchings. [6], 152, [2]; 47 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary vellum, soiled, front joint cracked; contents heavily toned, dark stain in outer margin of several leaves in middle of volume slightly affecting one illustration. Paris: Hadrianus Beys, 1611

  • Notes: first edition. The second part comprises 5 botanical poems by Jacques-Auguste de Thou. Blunt, The Art of Botanical Illustration, page 104; Hunt 192; Nissen 1621. From the library of Arpad Plesch, with his bookplate (sale, 15 March 1976, lot 639).

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