ALPINI, PROSPERI De plantis Aegypti Liber. Accessit etiam liber de balsamo. Venice Franciscum de Franciscis 1592
2 parts in 1 vol. 4to (230 x 170 mm) Contemporary vellum. Collation: [4] 1-40 37-80 (i.e. 84) [8] [72 as 92] pp. and 49 woodcuts in first part and 1 in second for total of 50 woodcuts of plants illustrating coffee bush, banana and baobab for first time. Very clean and bright copy.
"This is the first edition of De plantis aegyptorum which is considered Alpini's most important work... and the second edition of De balsamo..." Provenance: Inscription on repaired free end paper that this copy came from the library of Antony Francisci Narmi. (Cleveland, 136).
$US2500
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