MEERBURGH, Nicolaas (1734-1814). Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae . Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (436 x 271mm). 55 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Mid 20th-century half sheep over contemporary boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Arpad Plesch (leather bookplate; his sale Sotheby's 18th November 1975, lot 528, sold to Francis Edwards for 600 hammer).
MEERBURGH, Nicolaas (1734-1814). Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae . Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (436 x 271mm). 55 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Mid 20th-century half sheep over contemporary boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Arpad Plesch (leather bookplate; his sale Sotheby's 18th November 1975, lot 528, sold to Francis Edwards for 600 hammer). FIRST LATIN EDITION, with 2 additional leaves of text, not present in the preceding Dutch edition. All the plates depict plants with attendant butterfly, and both are indexed. Dunthorne 203; Great Flower Books (1990) p.119; Landwehr 126; Nissen BBI 1333; Stafleu & Cowan 5785.
MEERBURGH, Nicolaas (1734-1814). Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae . Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (436 x 271mm). 55 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Mid 20th-century half sheep over contemporary boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Arpad Plesch (leather bookplate; his sale Sotheby's 18th November 1975, lot 528, sold to Francis Edwards for 600 hammer).
MEERBURGH, Nicolaas (1734-1814). Plantae rariores vivis coloribus depictae . Leiden: Jacob Meerburgh, 1789. 2° (436 x 271mm). 55 hand-coloured etched plates by Meerburgh. (Occasional light spotting and browning.) Mid 20th-century half sheep over contemporary boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance : Arpad Plesch (leather bookplate; his sale Sotheby's 18th November 1975, lot 528, sold to Francis Edwards for 600 hammer). FIRST LATIN EDITION, with 2 additional leaves of text, not present in the preceding Dutch edition. All the plates depict plants with attendant butterfly, and both are indexed. Dunthorne 203; Great Flower Books (1990) p.119; Landwehr 126; Nissen BBI 1333; Stafleu & Cowan 5785.
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