BARRELIER, Jacques (1603-1673). Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae. Text by Antoine Laurent Jussieu (1748-1836). Paris: Stephane Ganeau, 1714. 2 o (327 x 203 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Poilly, the frontispiece repeated as section title to plates, 334 engraved plates, comprising 1324 numbered figures of plants on 331 plates, and 3 plates of shells at end. (A minority of plates lightly browned.) 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering piece (light wear to head of spine). Provenance : purchased from Quaritch, 1963. FIRST EDITION. Barrelier, a French Dominican doctor who travelled widely through France, Spain and Italy collecting plants and shells on his way, wrote a history of plants entitled either Hortus mundi or Orbis botanicus . Although the manuscript was lost in a fire after his death, the plates intended for the work survived and were acquired by Jussieu, successor to Tournefort as professor of botany at the Jardin des Plantes, who arranged for their publication and compiled the accompanying text. Each botanical plate has four figures showing remarkable fidelity to life. There are 4 bis figures (+406, *406, +673 and +674); while 4 numbers in the numbering sequence (827, 828, 1076 and 1256) are omitted. Hunt 432; Cleveland Collections , p. 331; Nissen BBI 80; Pritzel 423.
BARRELIER, Jacques (1603-1673). Plantae per Galliam, Hispaniam et Italiam observatae. Text by Antoine Laurent Jussieu (1748-1836). Paris: Stephane Ganeau, 1714. 2 o (327 x 203 mm). Engraved frontispiece by Poilly, the frontispiece repeated as section title to plates, 334 engraved plates, comprising 1324 numbered figures of plants on 331 plates, and 3 plates of shells at end. (A minority of plates lightly browned.) 18th-century mottled calf, spine gilt with red morocco lettering piece (light wear to head of spine). Provenance : purchased from Quaritch, 1963. FIRST EDITION. Barrelier, a French Dominican doctor who travelled widely through France, Spain and Italy collecting plants and shells on his way, wrote a history of plants entitled either Hortus mundi or Orbis botanicus . Although the manuscript was lost in a fire after his death, the plates intended for the work survived and were acquired by Jussieu, successor to Tournefort as professor of botany at the Jardin des Plantes, who arranged for their publication and compiled the accompanying text. Each botanical plate has four figures showing remarkable fidelity to life. There are 4 bis figures (+406, *406, +673 and +674); while 4 numbers in the numbering sequence (827, 828, 1076 and 1256) are omitted. Hunt 432; Cleveland Collections , p. 331; Nissen BBI 80; Pritzel 423.
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