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Pittsburgh : Hunt Botanical Library, 1958. Facsimile reprint. Hardcover. Near fine copies in the original gilt-blocked boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remain particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 1 v. : plates, port. ; 26 cm. Subjects; Botany ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Botanical literature. Botany; history. Botany; studies. Education.

Mansfield Centre, CT.: Maurizio Martino Publisher, 1997. In two volumes. [Facsimile edition]. Volume One: Printed Books 1477-1700. Compiled by Jane Quinby. With several manuscripts of the 12th, 15th, 16th & 17th centuries. Pp. lxxxiv+518(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 24 plates, appendix, list of reference books, index; Volume Two: Printed books 1701-1800. Compiled by Allan Stevenson. Pp. ccxliv+x+656(last blank), frontispiece plus 8 plates, 1 full page text illustration, indices; Maurizio Martino Publisher, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1997]. Edition limited to 150 sets. *Originally published by the Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, from 1958-1961.

New York, Maurizio Martino, [1995?].. 3 parts in 2 volumes. 8°, publisher's maroon cloth, black painted label on spine, gilt letter. As new. Frontis, lxxxiv, 517 pp.; frontis, ccxliv pp., (1 blank l.); 655 pp. *** One of 400 copies reprinted from the first edition, 1958. Describes 741 of the most important botanical books published before 1800. "Each entry consists of a detailed bibliographic description, collation, physical description, and annotation, with a list of references. Each volume contains its own detailed index; in addition v. 2, pt. 2, has an index to scientific names". Volume I covers 1150-1700, volume II 1701-1800. The preliminary material includes essays by various authors on early botany, medical aspects of early botanical books, the dawn of modern husbandry, the illustration of early botanical works, eighteenth-century botanical prints in color, eighteenth-century gardening books and eighteenth-century botanical gardens and botanical literature.*** Sheehy EC71.

Pittsburgh:: Hunt Botanical Library, 1958-1961., 1958. 3 vols. Large 8vo. lxxxiv, 517; ccxliv; ix, 655 pp. Frontis., plates (some with color), indexes. Dark green cloth, gilt-stamped cover illustrations and spine titles. Burndy bookplates. Fine. Limited to 750 sets. Describes in full 764 rare botanical books printed before 1800. Each entry contains full collations and extensive annotations.