Botany.- Sweerts (Emanuel) [Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum], [1612]

Botany.- Sweerts (Emanuel) [Florilegium Amplissimum et Selectissimum], 2 parts in 1 vol., lacking engraved and letterpress titles, 102 engraved plates only (of 110), in early hand-colouring (lacking nos. 8-10 in Part 1; 9, 10, 15, 23 and 36 in Part 2), 9 plates with neat contemporary German translations in ink below printed titles, colour smudges to single flowers on 9 plates, plate 6 inlaid and slightly creased, plate 32 with blank portion at right edge cut out and repaired, a few plates with light spotting at right edges and in margins, occasional old pencil notes, finger marks at lower right corners, contemporary calf, blind-stamped spine with rubbed title-piece, repaired, [Nissen 1920], folio, [Frankfurt, 1612]

Estimate:£3,000

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