Johann Jacob Dillenius - Hortus Elthamensis seu plantarum
Johann Jacob Dillenius - Hortus Elthamensis seu plantarum rariorum: first edition complete with its 325 plates - London, - Sumptibus Auctoris - 438 pages - vellum binding - - first editionGood overall condition. Very small tears to the crowns2 folio volumes in speckled calf, blind stamped frame, first edition recognizable because of the 8 raised bands of the edge, compartments adorned with small stamp, label and volume number in brown red and green, speckled edges, roulettes on cuts, binding of the time. Dillenius (), English botanist of German origin. In he moved to the United Kingdom, in he published Hortus Elthamensis, this catalogue of rare species in the area of Eltham near London. He made himself the 324 plates (+ 206). The quality of the book is praised by Carl Von Linné. In , Dillen became Professor of botany at Oxford Read More