A LEAF FROM THE 1583 REMBERT DODOENS HERBAL PRINTED BY CHRISTOPHER PLANTIN.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 x 9.5 inches), white cloth with gilt spine title, title and portrait of Dodoens printed in olive green on front board; 288 pp., profusely illustrated with reproductions from old engravings, original leaf from the 1583 edition tipped-in. Like new in plain paper jacket. Item #22378
Leaf (page 827/828) measures 13.75 x 8.5 inches and contains on recto descriptions of "Malo Armeniaca" (apricot) with engraved illustration and "Amygdalus" (almond) with engraved illustration following on verso. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom in an edition of 385 copies.
Price: $225.00
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