Pierre-Joseph Garidel

Histoire des plantes qui naissent en Provence, et principalement aux environs d'Aix, avec un catalogue historique des auteurs qui on écrit sur les Plantes. Aix [sold in Paris], 1719

Folio (367 x 237mm.), engraved frontispiece after A. Bouisson, 100 plain engraved plates by and after Honoré Blanc, contemporary brown calf rebacked (retaining original lettering piece in second compartment), spine with raised bands in seven compartments, sprinkled edges, extremities rubbed

Pierre-Joseph Garidel was a proꦺfessor of anatomy, but was principally known for work on botany. This copy is a reissue with cancel title (adding Paris to imprin𓆉t).

LITERATURE:

Nissen BBI 685

PROVENANCE:

"E. Bibl. Radcl." (Radcliffe Camera, Bodleian Library), armorial bookpl🅺ate to fro🎀nt pastedown; Bodleian deaccession stamp on bookplate ("Bodl. Libr. duplicate sold by authority")