Theophrastus. De causis plantarum liber primus, collation: A-D4, E6; 21, [2] ff., Greek text only, woodcut initials, occasional light soiling, some small marginal repairs and defects, 18th-century calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to (233 x 173mm.), Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1550. ⁂ Rare first edition of the Greek text of De causis plantarum, finely printed by Michel de Vascosan, son-in-law of Josse Bade. "Vascosanus is assuredly entitled to a very distinguished place among the improvers of Parisian typography" (E. Greswell, A View of the Early Parisian Greek Press, Oxford 1883, p. 123). As the general title-page states, this edition also contains the Latin translation of the work, but Vascosan printed it as an autonomous part, introduced by its own sub-title. The two parts could thus circulate separately, the copy offered is of the Greek part only. Literature: Pritzel 9192; Hoffmann III, 726. Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie (ex-libris on front pastedown); gifted to The Horticultural Society of New York; ticket of Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan.
Theophrastus. De causis plantarum liber primus, collation: A-D4, E6; 21, [2] ff., Greek text only, woodcut initials, occasional light soiling, some small marginal repairs and defects, 18th-century calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to (233 x 173mm.), Paris, Michel de Vascosan, 1550. ⁂ Rare first edition of the Greek text of De causis plantarum, finely printed by Michel de Vascosan, son-in-law of Josse Bade. "Vascosanus is assuredly entitled to a very distinguished place among the improvers of Parisian typography" (E. Greswell, A View of the Early Parisian Greek Press, Oxford 1883, p. 123). As the general title-page states, this edition also contains the Latin translation of the work, but Vascosan printed it as an autonomous part, introduced by its own sub-title. The two parts could thus circulate separately, the copy offered is of the Greek part only. Literature: Pritzel 9192; Hoffmann III, 726. Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie (ex-libris on front pastedown); gifted to The Horticultural Society of New York; ticket of Libreria Antiquaria Mediolanum, Milan.
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