ALPINUS, Prosper. De plantis exoticis libri duo. Venice: Guerilius, 1656. 4 o (193 x 142 mm). Engraved title and 145 engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf, central gilt crest lettered "Minime de Paris" and "Charitas" on both sides (rubbing to spine). Provenance : Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist [see lots 82-83] ("Ad usum Fr Caroli Plumier minimi Botanici Regii sup[eriorum] permissu" inscription on title); Paris, Franciscans, "Minime de Paris"(inscription on title and binding); purchased from Wheldon and Wesley, 1964. Third edition of of Alpini's catalogue of exotic plants recently introduced into cultivation. CHARLES PLUMIER'S COPY, "THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE BOTANICAL EXPLORERS OF HIS TIME." Plumier entered the order of the Minimis at the age of sixteen. "He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and physics, made physical instruments, and was an excellent draughtsman, painter, and turner. On being sent to the French monastery of Trinit' dei Monti at Rome, Plumier studied botany with great zeal under two members of the order, and especially under the well-known Cistercian botanist, Paolo Boccone. After his return to France he became a pupil of Tournefort, whom he accompanied on botanical excursions. He also explored the coasts of Provence and Languedoc. His work, of permanent value for the science of botany, began in 1689, when, by order of the government, he accompanied Surian to the French Antilles. As this first journey proved very successful, Plumier was appointed royal botanist; in 1693, by command of Louis XIV, he made his second journey, and in 1695 his third journey to the Antilles and Central America. While in the West Indies he was greatly aided in his work by the Dominican Labat. In 1704, when about to start on his fourth journey, intending to visit the home of the true cinchona tree in Peru, he was taken ill with pleurisy and died. He is the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. All natural scientists of the eighteenth century spoke of him with admiration. According to Cuvier he was "perhaps the most industrious investigator of nature", while Haller said, "vir ad incrementum rei herbarif natus" (a man born to extend the knowledge of botany)" ( Catholic Encyclopedia ). Nissen BBI 21.
ALPINUS, Prosper. De plantis exoticis libri duo. Venice: Guerilius, 1656. 4 o (193 x 142 mm). Engraved title and 145 engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf, central gilt crest lettered "Minime de Paris" and "Charitas" on both sides (rubbing to spine). Provenance : Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French botanist [see lots 82-83] ("Ad usum Fr Caroli Plumier minimi Botanici Regii sup[eriorum] permissu" inscription on title); Paris, Franciscans, "Minime de Paris"(inscription on title and binding); purchased from Wheldon and Wesley, 1964. Third edition of of Alpini's catalogue of exotic plants recently introduced into cultivation. CHARLES PLUMIER'S COPY, "THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE BOTANICAL EXPLORERS OF HIS TIME." Plumier entered the order of the Minimis at the age of sixteen. "He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and physics, made physical instruments, and was an excellent draughtsman, painter, and turner. On being sent to the French monastery of Trinit' dei Monti at Rome, Plumier studied botany with great zeal under two members of the order, and especially under the well-known Cistercian botanist, Paolo Boccone. After his return to France he became a pupil of Tournefort, whom he accompanied on botanical excursions. He also explored the coasts of Provence and Languedoc. His work, of permanent value for the science of botany, began in 1689, when, by order of the government, he accompanied Surian to the French Antilles. As this first journey proved very successful, Plumier was appointed royal botanist; in 1693, by command of Louis XIV, he made his second journey, and in 1695 his third journey to the Antilles and Central America. While in the West Indies he was greatly aided in his work by the Dominican Labat. In 1704, when about to start on his fourth journey, intending to visit the home of the true cinchona tree in Peru, he was taken ill with pleurisy and died. He is the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. All natural scientists of the eighteenth century spoke of him with admiration. According to Cuvier he was "perhaps the most industrious investigator of nature", while Haller said, "vir ad incrementum rei herbarif natus" (a man born to extend the knowledge of botany)" ( Catholic Encyclopedia ). Nissen BBI 21.
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