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HEISTER (LORENZ) Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und überaus schönen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewächse, Brunswick, Waysenhause, 1755 image 1
HEISTER (LORENZ) Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und überaus schönen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewächse, Brunswick, Waysenhause, 1755 image 2
HEISTER (LORENZ) Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und überaus schönen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewächse, Brunswick, Waysenhause, 1755 image 3
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HEISTER (LORENZ)
Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und überaus schönen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewächse, 1755

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HEISTER (LORENZ)

Beschreibung eines neuen Geschlechts von einer sehr raren und überaus schönen afrikanischen Pflanze aus der Familie der Zwiebelgewächse, first German edition, large engraved allegorical vignette on A2, 3 hand-coloured engraved botanical plates (one with blind-stamp in blank area), contemporary marbled paper over boards, spine neatly repaired retaining original gilt morocco spine label, preserved in morocco-backed solander box by James Brockman [cf. Pritzel 3922; Stafleu TL2 2593], folio (510 x 355mm.), Brunswick, Waysenhause, 1755

Footnotes

Scarce first German edition of Heister's celebration of a new species of African lily, first published in Latin in 1753. The author was the Director of the Helmstadt botanic gardens.

Provenance: Horticultural Society of New York, Kenneth K. Mackenzie bequest bookplate, and circular blind-stamp on one plate; Robert De Belder, his sale (A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books), Sotheby's, 27-28 April 1987, lot 146.

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