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, also vol. II, cC1 (pp. 295-296) and Vol. II, dD6.)
The first Dutch edition of this magnificent herbal, which is in all literature invariably described as (very) rare. This is the revised and augmented version of De Lobel's 'Plantarum seu stirpium historia', Antwerp 1576. - Nissen, BBI, 1219; Pritzel 5548; Stafleu/Cowan 4908; Voet 1579.€ 500
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