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HERBALS]. LONITZER, ADAM. Kreuterbuch, künstliche Conterfeytunge der Bäume, Stauden, Hecken, Kreuter, Getreyde, Gewürtze... Frankfurt: Steinmeyer, 1609. Folio, 315 x 182 mm., later calf, upper joint cracked; some marginal worming on title and first few leaves, some browning and spotting. German vernacular edition (first 1557) of Lonitzer's popular herbal (first published in Latin in 1551). Woodcut vignette and over 800 woodcuts in text. Nissen BBI 1228. HSNY, bookplate -- THEOPHRASTUS. Graece & Latine Opera Omnia... Leiden: Orlers, 1613. Folio, 313 x 198 mm., contemporary vellum; light browning to some leaves. First edition of the critical edition of Heinsius, Scaliger's pupil. Wellcome 6269. University of Vienna Botanical Institute, stamp on title and label on upper pastedown; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- PLINIUS SECUNDUS, CAIUS. Historiae Mundi LIbri XXXVII. Lyon, 1606. Folio, 374 x 227 mm., contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints and spine ends repaired, binding dry. Edited by Jacques Dalechamps, this edition was first published in 1584. It is based on Sigismund Ghelen's edition of 1554, to which Dalechamps added his own extensive commentary. T.B. Roorda, signature on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MATTIOLI, PIETRO ANDREA. Opera quae extant omnia... Basel: König, 1674. Folio, 352 x 201 mm., contemporary vellum, spine ends repaired; lacks portrait of Bauhin (a6), some browning and spotting. Second edition (first 1598) of the Opera , edited by Caspar Bauhin. Engraved title and over 1000 woodcuts in text. Hunt 332; Nissen BBI 1309. Benjamin Daydon Jackson, signature on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (4)