Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 301

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(BOTANY.) Jeppe, C.F.W. Herbarium Vivum von Funfzig, der Vorzüglichtsen, so Wie Einiger Schädlichen Futterkräuter und Gräser Nebst Deren Reifen Saamen. 50 leaves of tipped-in plant and grass specimens each with accompanying leaf of letterpress text. Small folio, 13x8 inches, publisher's printed paper covered boards, worn but sound, backstrip lost; specimens complete and all in excellent preservation. Rostock, 1826

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Early merchant's seed catalog supplying cultivation information, soil preference and dietary benefits of 50 varieties of grass as experienced by German herd farmers. The text is visually guided with well preserved actual specimens demonstrating the structure, flowers, and seed clusters of each type of fodder crop.