Bibliography Frans A. STAFLEU & Richard S. COWAN. Taxonomic Literature... Second edition. Utrecht, Antwerp, etc.: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema [and others], 1976-1988. Volumes I-VII only (lacks supplementary volumes), 8° (242 x 153mm). Original cloth. [ With :] ten other botanical reference works, in 17 volumes (S.H. JOHNSTON. The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections Kent, Ohio and London, 1992; J. QUINBY [and others]. Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Pittsburgh, 1958-1961, 3 vols.; B. HENREY. British Botanical Literature before 1800 London, New York and Toronto, 1975, 3 vols.; C. NISSEN. Die Botanische Buchillustration... Zweite Auflage Stuttgart, 1966; G.A. PRITZEL. Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae.. Editionem Novam Milan, 1950; G.G. AYMONIN [and others]. The Besler Florilegium Plants of the Four Seasons New York, 1989; G. DUNTHORNE. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries Washington, 1938; M. RIX. The Art of the Plant World Woodstock, N.Y., [no date]; E.L. GREENE. Landmarks of Botanical History Stanford, 1983, 2 vols.; SOTHEBY & Co. The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik... Plesch London, 1975-1976, 3 vols.) Conrad Gesner (1516-1565). Historia Plantarum Faksimileausgabe... Herausgegeben von Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann und Karl Schmid . Zurich: Urs Graf Verlag, 1973-1980. Vols.II-VIII only (of 8), 2° (458 x 318mm). 162 mounted coloured plates, many with overslips, numerous illustrations. Original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket, slip-case. LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES, VARIOUSLY NUMBERED. A high quality facsimile of Gesner's manuscript now in the University of Erlangen. The pages are reproduced actual size, with his copious notes translated into modern German, and all the specimens identified using modern botanical nomenclature. The quality of Gesner's botanical drawings is staggering. (30)
Bibliography Frans A. STAFLEU & Richard S. COWAN. Taxonomic Literature... Second edition. Utrecht, Antwerp, etc.: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema [and others], 1976-1988. Volumes I-VII only (lacks supplementary volumes), 8° (242 x 153mm). Original cloth. [ With :] ten other botanical reference works, in 17 volumes (S.H. JOHNSTON. The Cleveland Herbal, Botanical, and Horticultural Collections Kent, Ohio and London, 1992; J. QUINBY [and others]. Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Pittsburgh, 1958-1961, 3 vols.; B. HENREY. British Botanical Literature before 1800 London, New York and Toronto, 1975, 3 vols.; C. NISSEN. Die Botanische Buchillustration... Zweite Auflage Stuttgart, 1966; G.A. PRITZEL. Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae.. Editionem Novam Milan, 1950; G.G. AYMONIN [and others]. The Besler Florilegium Plants of the Four Seasons New York, 1989; G. DUNTHORNE. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries Washington, 1938; M. RIX. The Art of the Plant World Woodstock, N.Y., [no date]; E.L. GREENE. Landmarks of Botanical History Stanford, 1983, 2 vols.; SOTHEBY & Co. The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik... Plesch London, 1975-1976, 3 vols.) Conrad Gesner (1516-1565). Historia Plantarum Faksimileausgabe... Herausgegeben von Heinrich Zoller Martin Steinmann und Karl Schmid . Zurich: Urs Graf Verlag, 1973-1980. Vols.II-VIII only (of 8), 2° (458 x 318mm). 162 mounted coloured plates, many with overslips, numerous illustrations. Original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket, slip-case. LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES, VARIOUSLY NUMBERED. A high quality facsimile of Gesner's manuscript now in the University of Erlangen. The pages are reproduced actual size, with his copious notes translated into modern German, and all the specimens identified using modern botanical nomenclature. The quality of Gesner's botanical drawings is staggering. (30)
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