Johann Daniel von Reitter

Abbildung der Hundert Deutschen Wilden Holz-Arten, nach dem Numern-Verzeichnis im Forst-Handbuch von F.A.L. von Burgsdorf. Stuttgart: Druckerei der Herzoglichen Hohen Carls-Schule, 1790

FIRST EDITION, 4 parts in 1 volume, 4to (288 x 230mm.), lists of subscribers (see below), 100 finely hand-coloured engraved plates by Gottlieb Friedrich Abel, some heightened with gum arabic, later three-quarter brown crushed morocco, possibly lacking two lists of subscribers, occasional spotting

A decorative treatise on forest trees.

Nissen indicates 14+38 pages; 💎the present copy has 10 unpaginated and 38 paginated leaves. It seems likely that there were four lists of subscribers, one for each part. The present copy contains two such lists.

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 73; Nissen BBI 1617