FIRST FLORA OF CANADA
CORNUT, JACQUES PHILIPPE. Canadensium Plantarum...Historia... Enchiridion Botanicum.,. Paris: S. le Moyne 1635
4to (236 x 180 mm)Modern pebble leather binding with new end papers. Bookplates of Ashton Allis on new front pastedown Edward Sanford Burgess present on recto of original free end paper, respectively. [16] 1-238 [2] [158 as 358, 220 as 196] pp+ 68 full-page botanical etchings.
Ink manuscript on verso of front free end paper, inscriptions in ink on title page and numerous notations, mainly in the Enchiridion. The text block has usual browning from age, some minor fore edge damp staining away from text, and occasional light foxing. Overall this is a very good copy of a rare work. This is the first description of the flora of Canada. (Hunt 227; Nissen 406)
$US12500
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