LOBEL, M. de. Kruydtboeck oft beschrijvinghe van allerleye ghewassen, kruyderen, hesteren, ende gheboomten. Antw., C. Plantin, 1581. 2 parts in 1 vol. (12), 994; 1-294, 297-312, 15, (68) pp. W. engr. ti., full-p. allegorical woodcut representing De Lobel's device 'Candore et spe', and c. 2100 (!) woodcut ills. in text, all in splendid and meticulous cont. handcolouring. Fol. Cont vellum, spine w. raised bands & blindstamped title, sides blind ruled & blind stamped. (Front upper joint split, hinges split but holding, light dampstains in places, title-p. pasted on flyleaf, former owner's annot. on flyleaf "Trijntjie van Koudijs 1775", many light pencil annot. w. (modern) botanical names of the depicted plants, a few pp. fortified w. paper, lacks the blanks: Vol. I, oo6 & Vol. II, bB4, dD6; also lacks vol. II, cC1 (pp. 295-296)).