Chabraeus Dominicus (5 results)

Quarter vellum. Condition: Fair. Small folio, engraved vignette title page pinted in red and black, extra engraved title page (dated 1677), pp (4), 659.(i),)26), very age-toned and browned, the pages tender, firmly bound in (contemporary ?) quarter vellum and paper-covered boards, a little worn and aged. The first fifty or so pages have a light brown stain on the outer and lower sides of the pages, the engraved title page is probably mounted, the printed title page has an early repair and now a horizontal 55mm tear without loss, the final leaf of the index has an old repair with sl;ight loss of text. The Hartland Library copy, with labels and manuscript notes attached to the front endpapers. RARE.The Hunt Library copy, dated 1677, appears not to have the engraved title page and even suggests that it is not normally present. Interestingly, documents attached to the front endpaper show that this copy originally appeared for sale at the Payne Sale, Sotheby's Jamuary 1912, when it was bought by Bernard Quaritch; from whom it was promptly returned, presumably because the repairs had not been mentioned in the description. It was equally promptly re-offered in the May sale, at which point it was purchased by Hartland for 12 shillings. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire County Council in 1936, and was eventually dispersed around 2010.]. {Dominique Chabrey - 1610-1669 - was a Swiss physician and therefore also a botanist as the two disciplines were closely linked in the era of the herbal. It was Chabrey who saw Bauhin's grand work Historia plantarum universalis (in 3 volumes, 1650-1651) edited and published, many years after Bauhin's death. Chabrey's own Stirpium icones et sciagraphia, originally published in 1666, can be regarded as an abridgment of the Bauhin & Cherler work. Like its precursor volumes, the new book contained discussions of numerous European plants with each described and illustrated with a woodcut. Significantly, plant names here were given in four languages: Flemish, French, German and Latin. Newer information and plants not covered in the earlier Historia plantarum universalis were included in an appendix.].

Condition: Buono (Good). 1. In-folio (mm 344x223), carte [18], pagine 661. Bella antiporta incisa da Fr. Diodatj, oltre 3600 piccole curiose figure di piante in xilogr., fregi e dec. nel testo. Con 2 ex-libris alle sguardie ant. Bella legatura coeva in piena pelle bazzana, doppi filetti oro ai piatti, dorso con impr. a freddo e in oro, sguardie marmorizzate, tagli in rosso. Bell'esemplare. Prima edizione, assai rara. Uno dei più vasti atlanti botanici redatti alla maniera del Mattioli. La bella antiporta, firmata: "Fr. Diodati datata 1666", ha due figure (un re ed un imperatore) che sorreggono un cartiglio col titolo. In basso, un giardino. Pritzel, 1650. Graesse II, 111. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd ed. 2nd edition. Folio, 34 cm. Bound in later 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Engraved half-title, approximately 3400 woodcut botanical illustrations. Collated, complete. [viii] 661 [16] pages. Includes additional engraved title page from 1st edition of 1666. Moderate browning. Chabraeus was a Swiss physician and botanist best known for editing and publishing Bauhin and Cherler's Historia plantarum universalis. Refs: Hunt 349; Nissen BBI 345; Pritzel 1650; Caldesi 78. Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie, Horticultural Society of New York (bookplate and blindstamp); Robert de Belder; Ladislaus von Hoffmann, (An Important Botanical Library Part II, Christie's New York, 5 June, 1997, part of lot 398).

Condition: molto buono. in-folio, pp. (24), 661, (13), legatura coeva p. pergamena rigida, titolo ms. sudorso a nervi. Dedica dell'autore al principe Giorgio, duca di Wittemberg. Con un magnifico antiporta inciso da Francesco Diodati raffig. Diocleziano e Salomone che sorreggono un drappo recante il titolo. Opera illustrata da alcune migliaia di xilografiche di piante (generalmente 6 per pagina). Prima edizione di quest'importante magnifico erbario che sostanzialmente costituisce una sintesi della ''Historia plantarum universalis'' di Johann Bauhin pubblicata nel 1650-51, del quale Dominique Chabrée era stato collaboratore. Di ogni pianta si fornisce il nome classico latino ed il corrispettivo in tedesco, fiammingo, francese ed italiano e si descrivono le principali caratteristiche ed usi. Bell'esemplare (antica nota di possesso cancellata sul titolo, con conseguente piccola abrasione della carta; alcune lievi usuali ingialliture). Caldesi 78. Nissen 345. Pritzel 1650. Graesse II, 111. Book.

Erste Ausgabe des schönen Pflanzenbuchs. Die Holzschnitte, meist 6 auf jeder Seite, nach J. Bauhins 'Historia plantarum universalis', die der Genfer Arzt und Botaniker Dominique Chabrée posthum für die Ausgabe 1650-51 bearbeitet und herausgegeben hatte. Teils gebräunt und mit schmalem Wasserrand im unteren weißen Rand. Ein Blatt mit alt repariertem Randeinriss, teils kleine Tektur von Text und Darstellung. Wenig fleckig, unbeschnitten und breitrandig. Pritzel 1650; Nissen 345.