75/2168 [Botany]. (Ville, J.B. de). Histoire des plantes de l'Europe, et des plus usitées, qui viennent d'Asie, d'Afrique & d'Amérique; (...) rangée suivant l'ordre du Pinax de Gaspard Bauhin. Lyon, N. Deville, 1719, 2 vols., (46),442; (2),445-866,(80)p., num. woodcut ills., contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, 8vo.

- Sm. annot. on both title-pages; occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed; both vols. final few lvs. w. waterstains; first vol. a few lvs. w. sm tear in lower margin. First vol. spine w. repaired tear; 2nd vol. foot of spine sl. dam.; corners showing.

= Cf. Pritzel 10768. This anonymously written and important herbal, first published 1683, went through several editions. Jean Baptiste de Ville was its first publisher.