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)
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)
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