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KAEMPFER, ENGLEBERT. Icones Selectae Plantarum quas in Japonia Collegit et Delineavit Engelbertus Kaempfer, ex Archetypis in Museo Britannico Asservatis. London, 1791. Folio, 422 x 263 mm., contemporary half calf, with Edward Rudge's crest on spine; light wear to joints and edges. FIRST EDITION, 59 engraved plates, several double-page. Edited and published by Sir Joseph Banks, for distribution to friends. Henrey 886; Nissen BBI 1019; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 3484. Edward Rudge's copy, with his crest on spine; Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library, with cancelled bookplate -- HEMSCHEL, AUGUST WILHELM EDWARD THEODOR. Clavis Rumphiana Botanica et Zoologica. Accedunt vita G.E. Rumphii, Plini Indici, Specimenque Materiae Medicae Amboinensis... Breslau, 1833. 8vo, wrappers, spine with old tape repairs. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2654. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, ink stamp. (2)