Florilegium tractans de variis floribus et aliis indicis plantis ad vivum delineatum in duabus partibus et quatuor linguis concinnatum

by Emanuel Sweert

$95,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary red morocco, the covers panelled in gilt with foliate center- and corner-pieces, spine densely tooled gilt in seven compartments, lettered in one Provenance: Thomas Herbert, eighth Earl of Pembroke 1656-1733 , first Lord of the Admiralty, president of the Royal Society, dedicatee of Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and Thomas Greenhill’s Art of Embalming, and a prolific bibliophile A true masterpiece of botanical

• Binding: Leather

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