CLUSIUS, CAROLUS [i. e., L'ÉCLUSE, CHARLES DE]. Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum historia. 233 botanical text woodcuts after L'Écluse. 529, [15] pages, including imprimatur/colophon leaf and final blank. 8vo, 173x110 mm, late 17th-/early 18th-century calf, joints cracked at top, bottom spine compartment missing, front cover slightly warped, rear cover blackened along edges; contents dampstained and dampwrinkled, blank lower outer corner of title and approximately the next 40 leaves conspicuously restored. sold as is. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1576