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[HOUTTUYN, Martinus (1720-1798)]. A Representation of Inland and Foreign Wood, as well Trees as Shrubs, which are Collected by the Lovers of Natural History in their Cabinets of Natural Curiosities for Use and Pleasure. - Afbeeldingen van In- en Uitlandsche Houten... – Abbildung In-und Auslaendischer Hoeltzer… Amsterdam: Jan Christian Sepp, 1773, 1791-1795.
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[HOUTTUYN, Martinus (1720-1798)]. A Representation of Inland and Foreign Wood, as well Trees as Shrubs, which are Collected by the Lovers of Natural History in their Cabinets of Natural Curiosities for Use and Pleasure. - Afbeeldingen van In- en Uitlandsche Houten... – Abbildung In-und Auslaendischer Hoeltzer… Amsterdam: Jan Christian Sepp, 1773, 1791-1795.
4° (305 x 241 mm). Titles and text in Dutch, English, German, French and Latin; sectional title for the Supplement. Frontispiece and 106 engraved plates by Jan Christiaan Sepp, all with contemporary hand coloring, with the folding errata leaf bound in (occasionally some minor offsetting to text). Contemporary half calf, sprinkled boards (backstrip lacking).
A CLEAN COPY OF THIS RARE AND FAMOUS WORK INCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENT. Based on the "Wood Cabinets" assembled by the Dutch physician Houttuyn and the Reverend Hazeu. The work was published in eighteen parts over a period of 22 years. Primarily based on Seligman's Abbildungen In- und Ausländischer Hölzer (Nuremberg 1773-1778), illustrated with 48 plates only, Jan Christiaan Sepp added another 58 engravings which concentrated on timbers from the West Indies, drawn from the cabinet of the Reverend Hazeu at Rotterdam. Other "samples are taken from the collection of Martinus Houttuyn, who added a new title-page" (Landwehr). Brunet V:291; Landwehr 84; Nissen BBI 939; Oak Spring Sylva 6.
4° (305 x 241 mm). Titles and text in Dutch, English, German, French and Latin; sectional title for the Supplement. Frontispiece and 106 engraved plates by Jan Christiaan Sepp, all with contemporary hand coloring, with the folding errata leaf bound in (occasionally some minor offsetting to text). Contemporary half calf, sprinkled boards (backstrip lacking).
A CLEAN COPY OF THIS RARE AND FAMOUS WORK INCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENT. Based on the "Wood Cabinets" assembled by the Dutch physician Houttuyn and the Reverend Hazeu. The work was published in eighteen parts over a period of 22 years. Primarily based on Seligman's Abbildungen In- und Ausländischer Hölzer (Nuremberg 1773-1778), illustrated with 48 plates only, Jan Christiaan Sepp added another 58 engravings which concentrated on timbers from the West Indies, drawn from the cabinet of the Reverend Hazeu at Rotterdam. Other "samples are taken from the collection of Martinus Houttuyn, who added a new title-page" (Landwehr). Brunet V:291; Landwehr 84; Nissen BBI 939; Oak Spring Sylva 6.