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JONSTON, JOHN. 1603-1675.:Dendrographias Sive Historiae Naturalis De Arboribus Et Fruticibus Tam Nostri Quam Peregrini Orbis. Frankfurt: Hieronymi Polichii for the heirs of Matthaüs Merian, 1662.
4to (340 x 197 mm). Engraved frontis, 137 engraved plates. 18th-century mottled calf, morocco title labels to spine, gilt. Minor foxing throughout, edge of upper corner torn at pl. 87/8.
Provenance: Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (ink note to title page: \”Ex Biblioth. de Montesquieu;\” Desgraves Catalogue De La Bibliothèque De Montesquieu À La Brède 1380); Arpad Plesch (his bookplate, his sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Company, 17 November 1975, lot 408).
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU\’S COPY, FROM ARPAD PLESCH, THE FIRST EDITION OF JONSTON\’S IMPORTANT WORK ON FRUITS. A complete copy of this work including the famous engraving of \”Agnus scythicus\” or \”Planta Tartarica Barometz,\” a plant of Central Asia believed to grow sheep as fruit. Plesch 408 (for this copy); Stafleu Cowan II:3408.
约翰·琼斯顿。1603-1675. Sive树木和Nostri和Peregrini Orbis果实的自然历史。法兰克福：希罗尼米·波里奇伊（Hieronymi Polichii）为马蒂亚斯·梅里安（Matthaüs Merian）的继承人，1662年。