[Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-Boeck, volgens sijne laetste verbeteringe: Met Biivoegsels achter elck Capittel, uut verscheyden Cruydtbeschrijvers: It

[Botany]. Dodonaeus, R. Cruydt-Boeck, volgens sijne laetste verbeteringe: Met Biivoegsels achter elck Capittel, uut verscheyden Cruydtbeschrijvers: Item in't laetste een Beschrijvinge vande Indiaensche Gewassen, meest getrocken uut de schriften van Carolus Clusius. Leyden, Inde Plantijnsche Druckerije van Françoys van Ravelingen, 1608, (8),1580,(79)p., engr. title by WILLEM SWANENBURGH, over 1470 woodcuts in text, contemp. blindst. calf over wooden covers, both covers w. brass centrepiece and 4 corner pieces, two brass clasps and catches, folio. - Partly sl. yellowed; final 7 leaves of the index waterstained in upper and lower margin; a few scattered vague stains and small imperfections; a few leaves w. (closed) marginal tear; final free endpaper w. closed tear; pastedowns reattached. Spine-ends restored; clasps reattached. Good/ fine copy. = Nissen, BBI 518; cf. Pritzel 2345; Hunger sale 208; Bibl. Belgica D118; Simoni D68; Arents I, 88. The first Dutch edition of the Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex, for the first time enlarged with a chapter on American plants. Dodonaeus' last, monumental botanical work. This copy with the printed address of Cornelis Claeszoon, Amst., pasted below the frontispiece. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.