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VAILLANT, SEBASTIEN. Botanicon Parisiense. Edited by Hermann Boerhaave. Engraved portrait of Vaillant by Jacobus Houbraken; 33 engraved botanical
VAILLANT, SEBASTIEN. Botanicon Parisiense. Edited by Hermann Boerhaave. Engraved portrait of Vaillant by Jacobus Houbraken; 33 engraved botanical plates with multiple subjects by Claude Aubriet; double-page engraved map of Paris and environs. [36], xii, [4], 205, [49] pages. Folio, 430x274 mm, contemporary 1/4 sheep, spine heavily worn, bottom compartment imperfect; foxing variously affecting plates, old institutional stamp on title; uncut. Leiden & Amsterdam: Jean & Herman Verbeek & Balthazar Lakeman, 1727
- Notes: first complete edition; a preliminary version appeared in 1723. "Sébastien Vaillant is honored in France as the man who first understood the nature of sex in plants. He was a student of Tournefort's and considerably influenced Linnaeus... Claude Aubriet... was one of the finest botanic draughtsmen of his time"--Hunt 470. Lindeboom 560; Sitwell, page 145.
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