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Auction archive: Lot number 643

SUTHERLAND, JAMES. Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis: or, A Catalogue of the Plants in the Physical Garden at Edinburgh... Edinburgh, 1683. 8vo, 163 x 101 mm., 19th-century calf, covers detached. FIRST EDITION, corrected errata slip tipped in at end. Henr...

Auction 05.06.1997
5 Jun 1997
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$5,750
Auction archive: Lot number 643

SUTHERLAND, JAMES. Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis: or, A Catalogue of the Plants in the Physical Garden at Edinburgh... Edinburgh, 1683. 8vo, 163 x 101 mm., 19th-century calf, covers detached. FIRST EDITION, corrected errata slip tipped in at end. Henr...

Auction 05.06.1997
5 Jun 1997
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$5,750
Beschreibung:

SUTHERLAND, JAMES. Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis: or, A Catalogue of the Plants in the Physical Garden at Edinburgh... Edinburgh, 1683. 8vo, 163 x 101 mm., 19th-century calf, covers detached. FIRST EDITION, corrected errata slip tipped in at end. Henrey 360; Hunt 369 ("... a fascinating record of the driving force behind the foundation of the second oldest Botanical Garden in Great Britain, preceded only by that at Oxford..."). KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- PETIVER, JAMES. Musei Petiveriani Centuria Prima, Rariora Naturae... London, 1695-1703. 10 parts in one vol., 8vo, 187 x 108 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, worn. FIRST EDITION, two engraved folding plates. A catalogue of 1000 natural history specimes in the private museum of James Petiver. Old ownership inscriptions on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SALISBURY, WILLIAM. Hortus Paddingtonensis: or, a Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the Garden of J. Symmons... London, 1797. 8vo, 226 x 147 mm., contemporary boards, spine tape repaired. FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on first leaf of dedication. Catalogue describing plants grown in the garden of John Symmons (where Salisbury was gardener), one of several important 18th century catalogues of private gardens. Some 5000 plants are listed, including a number of recent introductions from North America. Henrey 1305 -- MARTYN, THOMAS. Plantae Cantabrigienses: or, a Catalogue of the Plants which grow wild in the Country of Cambridge... London, 1763. 8vo, 216 x 138 mm., modern boards. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5565. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DONN, JAMES. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an accented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden... Eleventh Edition. London, 1826. 8vo, 185 x 118 mm., later calf gilt, some rubbing and staining. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1505. A.R. Richards, ownership inscription on title. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 643
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
Beschreibung:

SUTHERLAND, JAMES. Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis: or, A Catalogue of the Plants in the Physical Garden at Edinburgh... Edinburgh, 1683. 8vo, 163 x 101 mm., 19th-century calf, covers detached. FIRST EDITION, corrected errata slip tipped in at end. Henrey 360; Hunt 369 ("... a fascinating record of the driving force behind the foundation of the second oldest Botanical Garden in Great Britain, preceded only by that at Oxford..."). KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- PETIVER, JAMES. Musei Petiveriani Centuria Prima, Rariora Naturae... London, 1695-1703. 10 parts in one vol., 8vo, 187 x 108 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, worn. FIRST EDITION, two engraved folding plates. A catalogue of 1000 natural history specimes in the private museum of James Petiver. Old ownership inscriptions on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- SALISBURY, WILLIAM. Hortus Paddingtonensis: or, a Catalogue of Plants cultivated in the Garden of J. Symmons... London, 1797. 8vo, 226 x 147 mm., contemporary boards, spine tape repaired. FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on first leaf of dedication. Catalogue describing plants grown in the garden of John Symmons (where Salisbury was gardener), one of several important 18th century catalogues of private gardens. Some 5000 plants are listed, including a number of recent introductions from North America. Henrey 1305 -- MARTYN, THOMAS. Plantae Cantabrigienses: or, a Catalogue of the Plants which grow wild in the Country of Cambridge... London, 1763. 8vo, 216 x 138 mm., modern boards. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 5565. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DONN, JAMES. Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or an accented Catalogue of Indigenous and Exotic Plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden... Eleventh Edition. London, 1826. 8vo, 185 x 118 mm., later calf gilt, some rubbing and staining. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1505. A.R. Richards, ownership inscription on title. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 643
Auction:
Datum:
5 Jun 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, East
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