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Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense.

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Sale 462: Rare Books & Manuscripts including Literature & Americana (#462) 09/08/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #33 Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense.

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Title:

Canadensium Plantarum, aliarumque nondum editarum Historia cui adiectum est ad calcem enchiridion botanicum parisiense.

Author:

Cornut, Jacques Philippe

Place Published:

Paris

Publisher:

Simonem le Moyne

Date Published:

1635

Description:

[xvi], 238, [2] pp. 68 full-page etchings in text. (4to) 23x18 cm. (9x7"). period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. First Edition.

First edition of the first Canadian flora. About thirty Northeast-American species are first described and illustrated in this volume. Hunt 227; Nissen BBI 406. Marginal ink notations in an early hand throughout.

Condition:

Vellum soiled; paper toned throughout, some foxing, one leaf (pp. 79-80) with a long closed tear, a few leaves with some wear to edges; very good.

Item#:

220724

Headline:

J.P. Cornut Canadensium Plantarum 1635
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