- Professionally restored copy, i.a. title-p. doubled, htitle remargined; almost completely waterstained, occas. touching text; occas. mouldy stains; new endpapers.

= 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.

- Lacks first and last free endpaper and upper pastedown; occas. lvs. loose(ning). Binding dam. and partly loose from bookblock.

= Springer p.28. Nice, frequently reprinted work, these parts on gardening and garden architecture. The first part was written by Jan van der Groen, private gardener of Prince William of Orange, the second part was written by Pieter Nylandt, well-known Amsterdam physician and pharmacist, dealing with the work that has to be done in the garden each month.

- Without the Fructologia and Dendrologia parts. First plate partly uncol. (contents otherwise fine). Backstrip sl. worn/ dam.; covers rubbed.

= The rare first edition, with the plates in UNFOLDED state and on heavy paper. Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 87; Nissen, BBI 1077. One of the first books on the subject with coloured plates. The handcolouring in the first ed. is generally regarded as the most delicate. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.

- A few lvs. trifle yellowed/ foxed.

= One of the most famous Dutch works on the planning and cultivation of country gardens, with much attention given to fruit- and kitchen-gardens. This was the work with which De la Court introduced successful pineapple-growing in Europe, as a result of which the pineapple became a popular fruit in Europe. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3406; Springer p.42-43; Oldenburger-Ebbers/ Stehouwer, Doc.18E., no. 40, p.6-7: "(...) tot nu toe vroegst bekende verhandeling over het aanleggen van tuinen in Holland. In dit werk getuigt Pieter de la Court van een oorspronkelijke visie op de vormgeving van tuinen, waarbij hij uitgaat van de Hollandse situatie (...)". First published 1737.

- Title-p. sl. dampstained. Spine sl. dam. Otherwise fine.

= Very rare, probably published in a limited number of copies. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVI.

- Hinges weak; partly waterst.; extensive pencil annots.; yellowed, foxed and fingersoiled. Joints splitting; covers sl. warped. Rather worn copy.

= Nissen, BBI 1430; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 251.

- Without the text vol.; yellowed/ partly (sl.) browned; some foxing. Backstrip restored w. paper (partly dam./ loosening).

= Nissen, BBI 1444; Pritzel 6663; Sotheby's, Magnificent Botanical Books 255. Nees von Esenbeck was inspector of the Leyden Botanic Garden and Director of the Bonn University Botanic Garden, where Sinning was the head-gardener. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.

- Each vol. w. multiple bookplates; some lvs. sl. brittle/ loosening/ w. sellotape remnants; a few plates loose/ cut short occas. affecting the title. Spine-ends trifle worn.

= Nissen, BBI 1499 (mentions 107 plates). Fine large plates.

- Lacks the engr. title to vol. 1; some quires/ leaves loose; partly waterstained/ moulded (esp. in part 3). Covers worn.

= Nissen BBI, 1977; Hunt p.450: "(...) The significance of Tournefort to eighteenth-century botany, and to that of today, lies in his having classified all plants into genera. (...) it was Tournefort who first set the genera and their component species apart, treating the genus as the smallest practical unit of classification, and considering the species as variants of the genus. To this day he is known among botanists as the father of the generic concept. Hundreds of the generic names coined or accepted by him were later adopted by Linneaus and are in use today. (...)".

- Atlas vol. bookblock splitting; wr. frayed, creased and dogeared; frontwr. atlas vol. waterst.

= Rare work on Dutch civil engineering projects for waterways and railways, the plates showing railway bridges (i.a. in Rotterdam and across the Lek near Culemborg, the bridge across the Hollandsch Diep and the "Moerdyck brug"), dikes, viaducts (i.a. the Houttuinen in Amsterdam) and the maps showing various waterways.

- Without the separate textvol. and without the textleaf to the final 6 plates. Quires loosening; one plate w. closed tear. Backstrip dam. Otherwise contents fine.

= The finest Dutch book on the construction of bridges and sluices. The final 6 plates concern "De nieuwe duyker sluys tot Lutje Schardam, of anders genaamt den Horn". Bierens de Haan 4836.

- Lacks the armorial plate (the often lacking "Beemster-landts wapen") and the final 6 plates and accomp. textlvs.; without the separate textvol. Several lvs. repaired or inner hinge strengthened w. paper; occas. sl. stained in blank margin; a few plates trimmed just inside the platemark of right margin.

= The finest Dutch book on the construction of bridges and sluices. Bierens de Haan 4836.

= Showing detailed engravings of water wheels, water towers, pumps, pipes etc. Kat. Orn. Berlin 3615; Poggendorf II, 1257.

- Contents w. minor imperfections, mostly fine. First vol. rebacked w. use of the original backstrip; large stain on backcover.

= Sumptuous work.

= Consists of the following divisions: vol. I-II: Coleoptera; vol. III: Dermaptera, Dictyoptera, Orthoptera, Strepsiptera, Hymenoptera (first part); vol. IV: Hymenoptera (second part), Neuroptera, Trichoptera; vol. V-VI: Lepidoptera; vol. VII: Homoptera, Hemiptera, Aphaniptera; vol. VIII: Diptera, Omaloptera. A hugely attractive and richly illustrated work, which made a deep impression on Cuvier and contemporaries because of the superiority of Curtis' plates and their fine handcolouring as well as Curtis' full mastery of its subject. Nissen, ZBI 1000; Horn-Schenkling 4184. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.

- Bookplate of G.W. Staempfli and another heraldic bookplate on upper pastedowns and first free endpapers; owner's entry of M.D. Hollins on prelim. lvs. (incl. title); occas. trifle foxed. Otherwise a fine set.

= Horn/ Schenkling 4949; Nissen, ZBI 1142; Hagen 177. One of the finest British entomological works. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.