79/1843 [Botany]. Voorhelm, G. Traité sur la jacinte. Contenant la manière de la cultiver suivant l'expérience qui en a été faite par George Voorhelm, Fleuriste d'Harlem. Haarlem, C.H. Bohn, 1762, 2nd revised and corrected ed., (5),8-13,(3),127,(1)p. engr. portrait of the author, 2 fold. engr. plates of hyacinths, 1 plate depicting a bulb-flowerbed, contemp. hvellum w. later marbled boards.

- Lacks, as usual/ always(?) in the second edition, leaf *3 (this was the dedication to Marco comte d'Odescalqui in the first edition and has been omitted in this edition). Three bookplates; tipped-in annots. by Van den Broek on upper pastedown. A fine copy.

= Pritzel 9852; Nissen, BBI 2079N; Krelage p.586, 605, 608 and passim. On the author at length T.T. Mantel, ''Waardevol oud papier uit Haarlem''. In: Waardevol oud papier. Haarlem, 1996, p.215-228. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIII.