HALLER, Albrecht von.

Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Helvetiae indigenarum. Qua Omnium Brevis Descriptio et Synonymia Compendium Virium Medicarm dubiarum declaratio Novarum et Rariorum uberior Historia...

Engraved vignette on title & 24 finely engraved plates (three are folding). Both titles are printed in red & black. 2 p.l., 424 pp.; 1 p.l., 425-794 pp. Two vols. in one. Thick folio, cont. mottled calf (ends of spine & corners a little worn), single gilt fillet round sides, spine richly gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Göttingen: A. Vanderhoek, 1742.

First edition of Haller’s first great survey of Swiss flora.

A very fine and handsome copy.

❧ Pritzel 3718. Stafleu & Cowan 2306.

Price: $8,500.00

Item ID: 1063