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[RÖSSIG, Carl Gottlieb] and Jan Baptist van WINTERSHOVEN. - Handboek voor liefhebbers van vreemde plantzoenen en tuiniers, of aanleiding tot de kennisse van alle in- en uitlandsche boomen en heesters, welke bij ons in de opene lucht kunnen gekweekt worden.Utrecht, Gijsbert Tieme van Paddenburg and son, 1795. 8vo. Small woodcut device on title-page and a small woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary, stiff, sprinkled paper wrappers, letterpress spine label.

Title: Handboek voor liefhebbers van vreemde plantzoenen en tuiniers, of aanleiding tot de kennisse van alle in- en uitlandsche boomen en heesters, welke bij ons in de opene lucht kunnen gekweekt worden.Utrecht, Gijsbert Tieme van Paddenburg and son, 1795. 8vo. Small woodcut device on title-page and a small woodcut tailpiece. Contemporary, stiff, sprinkled paper wrappers, letterpress spine label.
Description: VIII, 580 pp.Rare first edition in Dutch (a revised and expanded translation of a German gardener’s handbook) by the Utrecht tree nurseryman J.B. van Wintershoven. Although he never names the German book or its author, his book, including the author’s preface, are clearly based on Carl Gottlob Rößig (1752-1806), Handbuch für Liebhaber Englischer Pflanzungen und für Gärtner, Leipzig, 1790. Van The text provides an extensive alphabetical compendium of more than 1000 domestic and foreign trees and shrubs. The title notes that the book is especially interesting for those who are attracted to foreign species. African, American and Asian species are named, including 23 willows and 36 oaks. Each tree is described with its Latin, English, French, German and Dutch names and with additional information on cultivation and heritage.Binding worn, spine lost, front and back hinge nearly cracked, spine label a little damaged, untrimmed, otherwise still in good condition.l Bradley III, p. 75; STCN (3 copies); Worldcat (2 copies outside the Netherlands; Lloyd, Berkeley); cf. Bradley III, p. 76 (1829 edition) Arnold Arboretum I, p. 750 (1829 edition).

Keywords: [5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [11D56C178B0A] Botany (General)|[5091845FC46C] NATURAL HISTORY -> [K6JCI3FVCRNR] Horticulture & Forestry|

Price: EUR 450.00 = appr. US$ 489.08 Seller: A. Asher & Co. B.V.
- Book number: LC5A03WM0QJ1