HALLER, ALBRECHT VON. Bibliotheca Botanica... Zurich, 1781-82. 2 vols., 4to, 225 x 200 mm., contemporary boards, rubbed. FIRST EDITION, of this fundamental botanical bibliography, still an essential tool. The arrangement is chronological, beginning with the Greek, Latin, and Arabic authors. The first volume covers the pre-Tournefort writers, the second post-Tournefort up to Linnaeus. Hunt 622 ("...tremendously impressive in its erudition, its analyses of the contents of important volumes, its biographical notes..."); Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2313. (2)
HALLER, ALBRECHT VON. Bibliotheca Botanica... Zurich, 1781-82. 2 vols., 4to, 225 x 200 mm., contemporary boards, rubbed. FIRST EDITION, of this fundamental botanical bibliography, still an essential tool. The arrangement is chronological, beginning with the Greek, Latin, and Arabic authors. The first volume covers the pre-Tournefort writers, the second post-Tournefort up to Linnaeus. Hunt 622 ("...tremendously impressive in its erudition, its analyses of the contents of important volumes, its biographical notes..."); Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2313. (2)
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