- Portfolio sl. soiled and stained.
AND 1 other.
- Each vol. w. bookplate on upper pastedown; first/ final textlvs. sl. foxed; vol.3 hole in last textleaf. Otherwise a neat set.
= Pritzel 4671.
- Lacks 1 plate; 1 plate and index lvs. loose; both vols. first few lvs. sl. dampstained in upper blank margin. Both vols. backstrip (partly) loosening; spine-ends dam.; corners showing.
= Small engr. armorial bookplate of De Castro family on endpaper (unidentified). Nissen BBI, 389; Pritzel 1833; Hunt 339: "The first volume, on the plants of the East and West Indies, was [his] most important contribution to botanical knowledge; it was brought out posthumously by his nephew Caspar. The second volume was by Caspar Commelin and contained an enlargement on some of the notes in Jan's book, with further notes on African plants. The original paintings... were mainly the work of Johan and Maria Moninck and may be seen in the Library of the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
- The plate vols. only; some plates loose; many plate numbers accomp. by sm. "x" in pencil; occas. trifle foxed.
= Nissen, BBI 799.
- A few leaves sl. yellowed. Lacks ties; vellum sl. duststained. Otherwise a very clean and fine copy, with a near contemp. owner's entry in pen and ink on verso first blank (dated 1653).
= Second Dutch ed. of this major herbal. Nissen, BBI 518; Pritzel 2345; Krivatsy 3303; Bibl. Belg. D120; Simoni, Low Countries 1601-1621, D69. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
- First ±50 lvs. w. receding waterst. in lower margin (affecting engr. title); partly vaguely waterst. in top margin; occas. sl. foxed. Frontcover lacks 1 cornerpiece; spine-ends sl. dam. Good copy.
= Second Leyden Plantin Press ed. of this major herbal. Nissen, BBI 518; Pritzel 2345; Hunger sale 209; Bibl. Belg. D120; Simoni, Low Countries 1601-1621, D69. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LX.
= Facsimile reprint of the ed. Antw., 1583. With the "Lijst van intekenaren".
- Contents fine. Binding sl. discoloured; sl. dam. at spine(-ends). = Nissen, BBI 607.
- Spine restored (w. use of part of orig. backstrip); corners worn.
= Provenance: engr. bookplate of Alexander Cunninghame on upper pastedown. Henley 135; Pritzel 2766; cf. Nissen, BBI 615. "The Silva was written as a protest against the destruction of trees in England which was being carried on by the glass factories and iron furnaces; it succeeded in inducing land-owners to start in on a much needed restoration program that had a lasting effect on the British economy. John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a conscientious public servant who is now best rembered for his Diary. But gardens had been a life-long interest and in his horticultural works we find the public servant and country gentleman combined, in essence the best product of the English way of life" (Hunt 296 on the ed. 1664).
- Covers and both endpapers waterstained. Contents fine.
Anslijn, N. Kruidkundig leerboek, inzonderheid voor hen, die tot de artsenijmengkunde worden opgeleid (...). Amst., J. Sepp en Zoon, 1830, (2),X,410p., 3 engr. plates, 1 fold. table, contemp. giltlettered boards.
- Partly waterstained. Backstrip dam. = Rare.
- All lvs. cut short in lower margin, mostly causing loss of title and 3x w. marginal loss of image; most plates fine; first free endpaper frayed/ w. tear; title-p. foxed, w. fold. near lower edge and sl. frayed; trifle foxed thoughout; occas. trifle frayed/ w. sm. fire damage in lower blank margin. Spine-ends worn/ w. piece of sellotape; joints chafed; corners showing.
= Provenance: by descent in the family Hoola van Nooten. SUPPLIED WITH mounted leaf showing manuscript genealogy of the family from the late 18th to mid 20th century. The second edition of this beautiful flower book with striking chromolithographed plates. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 81 (calling for 41 plates, but practically all copies come with 40 plates); Nissen, BBI 931 (listing the first edition 1863-1864); Rouffaer/Muller, first Supplement, p.87; Stafleu/ Cowan 3025; Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik 363. A splendid work on Java's flora with beautiful plates, belying Hoola van Nooten's words in the English-language introduction: "This work is particularly addressed to women. Its object, its tendency, its entire scope, all marks it with the special seal of our sex, whose mission and position are admirably described by one of the great writers of the present day, in those words at once so simple and so profound: "Charity in humility". Nor do I consider, that, by the present publication, I am overstepping the boundaries of that sphere. (...)". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
- Fine set. = Cf. Nissen 1033.
- Contents fine. Slightly rubbed along extremities/ covers.
= The first two works: Nissen, BBI 1078 and 1077 and Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 89 and 93. "A gardener's son from Hesse, Johann Hermann Knoop developed into the founder of descriptive pomology." (Pomona's Harvest p.279).
- Contents fine. Cornes sl, worn; sm. imperfections to paper over covers.
= On the first two works see: Nissen, BBI 1078 and 1077 and Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 89 and 93. "A gardener's son from Hesse, Johann Hermann Knoop developed into the founder of descriptive pomology." (Pomona's Harvest p.279). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.
= Contents fine. The first two works: Nissen, BBI 1078 and 1077 and Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 89 and 93. "A gardener's son from Hesse, Johann Hermann Knoop developed into the founder of descriptive pomology." (Pomona's Harvest p.279).
- Lacks 12 plates and 8 textleaves. Occas. trifle foxed/ waterstained; plates in fine condition. Binding sl. worn; joints starting/ splitting; letterpiece sl. dam.
= Nissen, BBI 1102; Great Flower Books p.63; Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 98; Pritzel 4872. One of the finest Dutch books on trees and shrubs, originally published in 21 parts.
- Some foxing. Lower joint and backcover sl. dam. at lower edge.
= Most editions have 12 plates. Nissen, BBI 1143 (other editions).
- Owner's annot. in pen and ink on first blanks. Spines sunned. Fine set.
- Contents very fine. Corners and joints trifle rubbed. A good/ fine set.
- Engr. title sl. dam. and strengthened in lower outer corner and upper inner corner and sl. waterstained in upper half; engr. title bound in too tightly; most leaves (partly sl.) waterstained in lower outer corner and partly also in upper corners/ upper margin (both partly affecting text); a few textleaves w. browned spots in text and tiny black spots in outer margin; blank margins of a few textleaves restored; one index leaf restored in margins and sl. creased (1x also stained); final 2 leaves dam. and restored in outer margin (w. loss of text and part of woodcuts); new endpapers. Vellum sl. stained; upper outer corner of frontcover restored.
= Nissen, BBI 1219; Pritzel 5548; Voet 1579. The first Dutch edition of this herbal, which is in all literature invariably described as very rare. The revised and augmented version of De Lobel's Plantarum seu stirpium historia, Antwerp 1576. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXI.