Mattioli, Pietro Andrea (1501-1577),Bernhard Verzascha (1627-1680),and Theodor Zwinger III (1658-1724) Theatrum Botanicum, Das ist Ne

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Mattioli, Pietro Andrea (1501-1577),Bernhard Verzascha (1627-1680),and Theodor Zwinger III (1658-1724)Theatrum Botanicum, Das ist Neu-Vollkomenes Krauter-Buch.
Basel: Jacob Bertsche, 1696.
Folio, first edition with Zwinger's additions, lacking text leaf C2, page 19/20, and final index pages, i.e., all after 6Q3; 995 pages; with engraved title; typographical title printed in red and black, illustrated with hundreds of woodcuts of plants, German text printed in double columns throughout, bound in full later parchment over stiff boards; both titles mounted, some discoloration and spotting to contents, parchment covering peeling away, browning to text leaves, 13 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Zwinger, building on the work of his predecessors, enriched the text with the inclusion of descriptions and woodcuts of more than one hundred additional plants.
Estimate $800-1,200

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