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Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin | Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, Vienna, 1763, contemporary boards

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November 29, 03:25 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin


Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia: in qua ad Linnæanum systema determinatæ descriptæque sistuntur plantæ illæ, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo, aliisque, et in vicinæ continentis parte. Vienna: Ex officina Krausiana, 1763


FIRST EDITION, folio (360 x 235mm.), half-title, title with engraved vignette, dedication, engraved headpieces, engraved sectional title incorporating a map of Florida and the Caribbean, flanked by natives, and surrounded with plants and animals from the islands, 184 engraved plates after Jacquin, several double-page, early manuscript nomenclature at foot of plates, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine gilt in 7 compartments, red edges, plates 12 and 13 loose, binding slightly worn and rubbed


THE DE JUSSIEU COPY, WITH HIS TAXONOMIC NOTES AT THE FOOT OF EACH PLATE. This is Jacquin’s first major publication and his first illustrated work, based on his travels to the West Indies between 1755 and 1759. The plates were engraved by J. Wagner after the author’s drawings. Jacquin had previously published his short Enumeratio of newly-discovered Caribbean plants; “the 1763 publication is an important complement to the 1760 Enumeratio and should always be consulted with it” (Stꦇafleu).


LITERATURE:

Dunthorne 148; Hunt 579; Nissen BBI 979; Stafleu TL2 3243


PROVENANCE:

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, sale of the Jussieu library, Paris, 11 January 🌜1858, lot 1936, mentioning that the captions are in Jussieu's hand; Giard and Andrieux's sale of Jussieu books, Paris, 10 February 1936, pencil note on front pastedown; noted in the Bakeham House library inventory, 1937

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