Reiss & Sohn Auctions 224 - 225 • May 6-9, 2025

Lot 296
Woodville, Medical Botany. 4 Bde.

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Auction schedule:

06-05-2025 / Lot 198-296 / session starting 5.00 PM

Woodville, W. Medical Botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London. 3 Bde. und Supplement in 4 Bdn. London 1790-1794. 4to (23,5:19 cm). Mit 273 (statt 274) kol. Kupfertafeln. Ldr. d. Zt. mit 2 goldgepr. Rsch.; berieben u. bestoßen, Gelenke eingerissen, Deckel teilw. gelockert bzw. lose.

First edition, with supplement. Illustrated with 273 (of 274) hand-coloured engr. plates by J. Sowerby. - Slight browning throughout. Text somewhat foxed, the plates only partially slightly foxed. Heavy marginal browning to plate 225. Plate 209 missing, plate 211 present in duplicate, not counted. Free endpapers with old ownership inscription. Contemporary full-calf with two gilt labels to spine, worn, joints cracked, some covers loose or coming loose.

Nissen, BBI 2183; Stafleu-C. 18272; Pritzel 10398; Great Flower Books 152; Hunt 716; Henrey 1521 u. 1522; Dunthorne 334; Hirsch-H. V, 992. - Erste Ausgabe, mit dem 1794 erschienenen Supplement. Mit dekorativen, von J. Sowerby gestochenen Abbildungen meist blühender Arzneipflanzen, darunter Rosen, Krokus, Veilchen, Arnika, Malven, Rhododendron. "Willam Woodville is noted for his early advocacy of the theory of vaccination and for these exellent volumes on Medical Botany" (Hunt 716). - Insgesamt leicht gebräunt. Text etwas stockfleckig, Tafeln nur teilw. gering stockfleckig. Tafel 225 im Rand stärker gebräunt. Tafel 209 fehlt, dafür Tafel 211 doppelt vorhanden, diese oben nicht gezählt. Freie Vorsätze mit altem hs. Besitzvermerk.

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