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Rigouts, Charles - Le catalogue du Jardin de Jean Hermans. With a signed dedication by the author to L. Theunissens!

Anvers, Établissement Typographique de J.-E. Buschmann, 1889. Original marbled wrapper with mounted titlelabel on spine, 41+1pp. Ca. 23,5 x 16 cm.Titlepage in red and black; the frontispice is a reproduction after an engraving of 1651. Numbered edition of 50 copies (this is nr. 18) on shaped paper Van Gelder with watermark. With tipped-in bookmark of the former owner J.F. Platevoet. Spine damaged; backcover missing upperright corner and some other traces of use along margins; otherwise a good, uncut copy with a signed dedication by the author to L. Theunissens. Rare copy of a description of the content of the book 'Recensio Plantarum' by Johannes Herman (ca 1595-1674), apothecary and botanist at Brussels in the seventh century. Including a short history of the pharmacy in Belgium by Charles Rigout, pharmacist at Antwerp. The 'Recensio Plantarum' was published in 1652 in Brussels and is a catalogue of the medicinal plants in Herman's garden.
EUR 100.00 [Appr.: US$ 108.46 | £UK 85.25 | JP¥ 17025] Booknumber: 23010

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