BOTANY -- DODONÆUS (DODOENS), R. Cruydt-boeck volghens sijne laetste verbeteringhe: Met bijvoeghsels achter elck Capitel, uyt verscheyden Cruydt-beschrijvers: Item, in 't laetste een Beschryvinghe vande Indiaensche ghewassen, meest ghetrocken uyt de schriften van C. Clusius. Nu wederom v. nieuws oversien en verb. Antw., Plantijnsche Druckerije v. Balth. Moretus, 1644. (36), 1492, (60) pp. W. fine engr. title and more than 1450 woodcuts in text. Fol. Cont. blind tooled cf. panel binding over wooden brds., partly beveled upper and lower edges, brass boss on the front side, w. brass clasps. (Skillfully rebacked w. use of old spine, p. 495 w. tear of c. 10 cm into the page (no loss of text or image), last leaf of the table of contents carefully repaired w. paper, w. some loss of text at the inner margin, apart from some age-toning a very well-preserved and lovingly repaired copy).