Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis. Libri X.

by John Jonston

$2,800 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Expertly bound to style in half 18th century russia over contemporary paper boards, spine in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece in the second, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, red stained edges A fine set of the second edition of this important 17th-century survey of the known botanical world. Jonston was a Polish physician of Scottish extraction who wrote numerous works on medicine, natural history, and more miscellaneous

• Binding: Leather

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