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RENEAULME, PAUL DE. Specimen historiae plantarum. 25 full-page botanical etchings. [6], 152, [2]; 47 pages. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, contemporary vellum, soiled, front joint cracked; contents heavily toned, dark stain in outer margin of several leaves in middle of volume slightly affecting one illustration. Paris: Hadrianus Beys, 1611
first edition of a beautifully illustrated prototype history of plants based on a selection of species cultivated at the Royal Garden in Paris, which Reneaulme described using a nomenclature of his invention derived from Greek rather than Latin. The second part of the book comprises 5 botanical poems by Jacques-Auguste de Thou. Alden 611/96 (for American plants, including tobacco); Blunt, The Art of Botanical Illustration, page 104; Hunt 192; Nissen 1621. From the library of Arpad Plesch, with his bookplate (sale, 15 March 1976, lot 639).
