Prospero

1735 · rif. 134444 — Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Gerardum Potvliet 1735. Hardcover. very good. 1st Edition. xviii24812; x 306 26pp. Quarto. Two volumes bound in one. Contemporary paper-covered boards rebacked with speckled calf. Leather spine label with gilt titles and ruling. Date stamped to foot of spine in gilt. Raised bands. Spine benefits from discrete professional restoration. Corners bumped and some minor flaking to paper. Old bookseller's label to front board. With some foxing and age toning throughout and old dampstain to the lower margins of some pages not touching plates or text. A tight and generally clean and attractive copy. very good Large Paper Copy of this important work on Egyptian natural history with 102 copper-engraved plates of plants and animals. The first volume covers primarily Egyptian animals with 25 plates many folding. The second volume with commentary by Joannes Veslingius covers Egyptian plants with 77 plates. The wide margins make this a very handsome copy. Alpini was an Italian physician and botanist who described many plants previously unknown to European science many of which are depicted here in the fine engravings. This set contains the first edition of Rerum Aegyptiarum. 1735 Gerardum Potvliet hardcover