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Apr. 29, 2023
EXOTICORUM LIBRI DECEM, QUIBUS ANIMALIUM, PLANTARUM, AROMATUM, ALIORUMQUE PEREGRINORUM FRUCTUUM HISTORIAE DESCRIBUNTUR. ITEM PETRI BELLONII OBSERVATIONES, EODEM CAROLO CLUSIO INTERPRETE.
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Folio: [20]-378-[9]-52-[28]-[12]-242-[1] pp. (woodcut maps of the Hellespont and Alexandria missing; some min. dampstaining in some lower blank margins). - First edition of a major work on non-European plants and animals (i.a. from Asia and South Africa) by the famous botanist Clusius (1526-1609) and follow-up volume to "Rariorum plantarum historia" (1601) containing further works not published in the former. Some plant names are also given in Arabic. Ill. with an engr. title. Woodcut mark on part title and 275 woodcuts (96 non-botanical, mostly animals). - ref. Pritzel 1760. - Krivatsy 6767. - Wellcome I:1512. - STCN (i.a. BL). - Prov. "George Reading Leathes" (1779-1836), botanical collector and clerk of Shropham, Norfolk (ms. entry on pastedown). - H. Wynne Finch (id.).
Arenberg Auctions
Oct. 08, 2021
RARIORUM PLANTARUM HISTORIA.
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Folio: [12]-364, cccxlviii-[10] pp. (engr. portrait and the colophon leaf gg6 missing, outer margin of the engr. title strengthened, index leaf gg4 visibly repaired, touching the printed surface, some browning and spotting). - First edition collecting descriptions of rare plants observed by Clusius (1526-1609) in various countries (Spain, Italy, Hungary), publ. by Plantin in 1576 and 1583, along with additions describing new plants. Also included are "Commentariolum de Fungis", the first important treatise on fungi, and part of Clusius' botanical correspondence. Ill. with a nice engr. title and more than 1110 woodcuts in-text. - Ref. BB. III:769/772:L-93. - Nissen (BBI) 372. - Simoni (BL) L-47. - BnF. - NUC (1). - STCV. - Imhof (Moretus) C-62.
Arenberg Auctions
May. 27, 2020
Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609. The Hagu
Est: €70 - €90
Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1927/ 1943, 2 vols., XXIV,446; XXIV,468p., fold. map and 257 plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to. - AND 3 others, i.a. S. SITWELL, Great Flower Books 1700-1900 (...) (New York, 1990, num. col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., large 4to).
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
May. 27, 2020
Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609. The Hagu
Est: €70 - €90
Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1927/ 1943, 2 vols., XXIV,446; XXIV,468p., fold. map and 257 plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to. - AND 6 others, i.a. J. HENIGER, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus. A contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany (Rott./ Boston, 1986, ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to); M. JACOBS, Herman Johannes Lam (1892-1977), the life and work of a Dutch botanist (Amst., 1984, plates, orig. wr.) and K. WETTENGL (ed.), Maria Sibylla Merian 1647-1717. Kunstenares en natuuronderzoekster (Haarlem, 1998, (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio).
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
May. 26, 2020
[Botany]. Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609
Est: €50 - €70
[Botany]. Hunger, F.W.T. Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius), Nederlandsch kruidkundige 1526-1609. The Hague, M. Nijhoff, 1927/ 1943, 2 vols., XXIV,446; XXIV,468p., fold. map and 257 plates/ ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Oct. 13, 2016
Clusius, Carolus: Rariorum plantarum historia + Exoticorum libri decem
Est: €5,000 - €7,500
Mit der ersten Monographie über Pilze Clusius, Carolus. Rariorum plantarum historia. Quae acceßerint, proxima pagina docebit. 2 Teile in 1 Band. 6 Bl., 364 S; CCCXLVIII S., 6 Bl. (Register). Mit gestochener figürlicher Titelbordüre und ca. 1100 Textholzschnitten (ohne das gestochene Portrait). 35 x 23 cm. Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband d. Z. (etwas fleckig und berieben, Ecken leicht bestoßen, Rückdeckel mit einigen Wurmlöchern; ohne die Schließen) mit hs. RTitel. Antwerpen, Plantin-Moretus, 1601. Nissen, BBI 372. Pritzel 1759. Hunt 180. Stafleu-C. 1149. – Erste Ausgabe des bedeutenden, vorwiegend botanischen Sammelwerks. Enthält in sechs Büchern die bereits 1576 und 1583 separat erschienenen Untersuchungen zur Flora von Spanien und Österreich (vgl. Voet 1006-1008). Ferner mit der Schrift "Fungorum in Pannonia observatorum brevis historia", wohl die erste Monographie über Pilze (mit 32 neuen Holzschnitten; vgl. Nissen BBI 374), am Schluss kleine Schriften. Von den sechs Blatt Vorstücken gibt es Varianten. – Es fehlt das gestochene Portrait. Titel verso gestempelt, Kupfertitel mit unbedeutendem Tintenfleck. Wenige Textholzschnitte mit dezenter hs. Beschriftung, nur ganz vereinzelte, saubere Marginalien. Anfangs mit sehr kleinem Wurmloch im oberen Bug (kein Buchstabenverlust). Nur gering stockfleckig. Schönes und wohlerhaltenes Exemplar ohne Papierläsuren in einem zeitgenössischen Lederband mit figürlichen Mittelplatten auf den Deckeln, die eine allegorische Darstellung der Justitia und der Fortuna zeigen. – Beigebunden: Derselbe. Exoticorum libri decem. Quibus animalium, plantarum aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur. Item Petri Bellonii observationes, eodem Carolo Clusio interprete. 3 Teile in 1 Band. 8 Bl., 378 S., 5 Bl.; 52 S., 14 Bl. ("Altera Appendix"); 6 Bl., 242 S., 1 Bl. Mit gestochener figürlicher Titelbordüre und ca. 250 Textholzschnitten. Ebenda, Plantin-Raphaleng, 1605. - Nissen BBI, 369. Pritzel 1760. Hunt 182. Stafleu-C. 1150. Schmid, Kräuterbücher S. 47f. Wellcome I, 1512. - Erste Ausgabe. "Eines der wichtigsten Dokumente für die Geschichte der Pharmakognosie, Hauptquelle für Angaben über exotische Medizinalpflanzen und Drogen" (Schmid, Kräuterbücher). Die Bücher I-VI enthalten eigene Arbeiten Clusius', die Bücher VII-X und der erste Abschnitt von Teil II lateinische Übersetzungen von seiner Hand (Garcia ab Orta, C. a Costa, N. Monardes). Der Teil III bildet eine Übersetzung Clusius' von Peter Belons volks- und naturkundlichen "Observationes tribus libris expressae". Die schönen Textholzschnitte zeigen überwiegend Pflanzen, ferner Vögel, Fische, Kuriositäten etc. - Im Rand gering stockfleckig, Index zu Teil I sowie wenige weitere Blatt etwas gebräunt und braunfleckig. Die letzten Lagen mit Wurmlöchern, das letzte Blatt auch mit kleinerem Wasserrand in der unteren Ecke. Wohlerhaltenes Exemplar.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 16, 2015
Clusius, Carolus: Rariorum aliquot stirpium par Hispanias
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Clusius, Carolus. Rariorum aliquot stirpium par Hispanias observatarum historia. 539 S., 7 Bl. (l. w.). Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke und 233 blattgroßen Pflanzenholzschnitten von G. Janssen van Kampen nach P. van der Borcht. 17,5 x 11,5 cm. Späterer Pergamentband (Rückenbezug mit Fehlstelle) mit RSchild. Antwerpen, Christoph Plantin, 1576. Adams C 2242. Palau 57736. Nissen, BBI 370. Voet 1006. Hunt 125. - Erste Ausgabe dieser Pflanzenkunde des bedeutenden niederländischen Gelehrten und Botanikers Charles de l'Écluse (1526-1609). "First edition of l'Écluse's first original work, preceded only his translation of Dodoens, Monardes, and da Orta (1574)" (Hunt). Das Werk stellt das Ergebnis seiner Forschungsreise auf die Iberische Halbinsel dar, die l'Écluse 1564 in Begleitung von Jakob III. Fugger unternahm und während der er zahlreiche bis dahin unbekannte Pflanzenarten entdeckte. "Contains the botanical descriptions of the plants growing in Spain and Portugal ... (and) a study of flowers from 'Thracia' (European Turkey)" (Voet). Unter den Pflanzenschnitten im "thrakischen" Anhang findet sich u. a. die Tulpe. - Titel sowie vier Textblatt mit teils hinterlegtem Blattab- bzw. ausschnitt (geringer Textverlust), einige Lagen im Mittelteil des Blocks im unteren Rand mit geschlossenen bzw. hinterlegten kleineren Wurmgängen. Sonst wohlerhalten.
Bassenge Auctions
Jun. 21, 2013
CLUSIUS, Carolus (1526-1609). Rariorum plantarum historia.. . Antwerp: Plantin and J. Moretus, 1601.
Est: -
CLUSIUS, Carolus (1526-1609). Rariorum plantarum historia... Antwerp: Plantin and J. Moretus, 1601. 2o (345 x 221 mm). Engraved title, engraved portrait of the author [see below], numerous botanical illustrations throughout. (Lacks *1 [see below], small marginal wormhole affecting approximately the first 200 leaves, a few light stains.) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BLIND-STAMPED VELLUM over pasteboard, blind-stamped "M.I.P." and "1601" on upper cover, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands (joint repaired, stained, a few small wormholes). Provenance: Early Dutch owner (ownership name crossed out in ink on flyleaf); Bayer (ownership signature dated 18 February on title page). VOLUME ONE OF THE FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, with preliminary leaves as in the Arents copy which is also lacking the letterpress title-page and *1 and also with the original "Privilegium" (a cancel in the Hunt copy). Added to this copy is the portrait of the author from the 1605 "Altera Appendix". This edition contains the first edition of the "Fungorum historia," the first published monograph on fungi. Arents Tobacco 73; Blunt & Stearn p.82; Cleveland Collections 149, HA Copy 1 this copy; Hunt 180, 182; Nissen BBI 369, 372; Pritzel 1759; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 1149; Wellcome I 1511, 1512.
Christie's
Jun. 24, 2009
[L'ECLUSE, Charles de (1526-1609)]. CLUSIUS, Carolus. Rariorum aliquot stirpium, per pannoniam, Austriam, & vicinas quasdam prouincias obseruatorum historia, quatuor libris expressa . -- Stirpium nomenclator pannonicus . Antwerp: Christopher
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
[L'ECLUSE, Charles de (1526-1609)]. CLUSIUS, Carolus. Rariorum aliquot stirpium, per pannoniam, Austriam, & vicinas quasdam prouincias obseruatorum historia, quatuor libris expressa. -- Stirpium nomenclator pannonicus. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1583-1584. 8o (165 x 107 mm). Woodcut printer's devices on titles, fine mostly full-page botanical illustrations throughout. (Some browning and marginal worming to gatherings g-z.) Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, title in manuscript on spine (lacking two pairs of ties). Provenance: "Gaudet patientia du[ri]s" (Patience rejoices in difficulties) contemporary Latin motto dated 1584 on front free-endpaper; Guilielmus Marequis of Antwerp (early inscription front free endpaper, gift to:) Laurentius Beÿrlinx, Canon, Archpresbyter, and censor of the city of Antwerp (inscription recording the bequest dated 17 June 1624 front free endpaper); Charles and Mary Lacaita (bookplate); Leolyn Louise Everett (bookplate); Robert de Belder; An Important Botanical Library (Christie's New York 5 June 1997, lot 237). THE FIRST FLORA OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN REGION. FIRST EDITION, second issue of Rariorum aliquot, with the errors of the first issue corrected and the additional quires CC-DD8 containing further plants and an index, without quire Y which was printed later in Vienna and included in some copies. The only illustrated edition for 200 years and based on L'Ecluse's discoveries made during his journey through Austria in 1574. Second edition of the RARE Stirpium nomenclator. According to American Book Prices Current only one other copy of this second edition, and no other copy of the first edition has sold at auction in the last 30 years. Hunt 144 and 149; Nissen BBI 371; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1147-1148; Voet 1008; Wellcome (online) 9453531 (Rariorum only).
Christie's
Dec. 03, 2007
[L'ECLUSE, Charles de (1526-1609)]. CLUSIUS, Carolus. Rariorum Plantarum Historia... Antwerp: J. Moretus, 1601.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
[L'ECLUSE, Charles de (1526-1609)]. CLUSIUS, Carolus. Rariorum Plantarum Historia... Antwerp: J. Moretus, 1601. 2o in 6s (350 x 215 mm). Engraved title, portrait of the author and numerous woodcut illustrations in text. (Lacking letterpress title-page, small hole in sectional title-page of Honorii Belli..., not affecting text, some light browning and a few stains.) 19th-century speckled calf gilt, (rebacked, worn at the extremities). Provenance: Dr. Hull (note regarding his sale); Lord Battersea (Heraldic bookplate); unidentified 19th century note on Clusius and the publication of this work; Hans Henneck (signature dated 1942); Paracelsus-Apotheke (ink stamp). FIRST COLLECTED EDITION with preliminary leaves closely conforming to the Arents copy which is also lacking the letterpress title-page: Engraved title, *2-3, [*4 -5], without dedication leaf and with the original Privilegium [a cancel in the Hunt copy], without the Altera Appendix. First volume of the collected works of Clusius, completed in 1605 with the Exoticoru. This edition contains the first edition of the Fungorum historia, the first published monograph on fungi; it "makes good the claim that de l'Ecluse should be honoured as the founder of mycology" (Arber). Nissen notes that the manuscript containing the original drawings of this section was mislaid in the Plantin printing establishment before the printing. They were later recovered, and Fr. van Sterbeeck used them for his Theatrum fungorum (1675), often mistakenly referred to as the first book on fungi. "Again and again, in attempting to ascertain the correct application of names given by Linnaeus, the inquirer is lead back to L'Ecluse's work, which can be described as the starting point of our modern knowledge for many genera. His description and the associated illustrations thus help to typify the species of later authors. Moreover his enthusiastic cultivation of foreign plants, particularly those from Turkey and the Levant, prepared the way for the splendid gardens of seventeenth century France, Germany, Austrai, Flanders and Holland; and his introduction of the potato to the Low Countries rendered no less a service to their food. His death in 1609 is commemorated in the felicitous epitaph: When Clusius knew each plant Earth's bosom yields, He went a-simpling in the Elysian fields" (Blunt and Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration p.82). Hunt 180; Nissen BBI 372; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1149; Wellcome I 1511.
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