6th Jun, 2024 10:00

Cameras & Scientific Auction

 
Lot 1230
 

Historia Muscorum, Historia Muscorum, 1763

Historia Muscorum: a general history of land and water, &c. Mosses and Corals. Containing all the known species, exhibited by about 1000 figures, on 85 large royal 4 to copper plates, drawn and engraved in the best manner from the originals. By John Jac. Dillenius, M.D. sherrard professor of botany in the University of Oxford. Their names, places of growth, and seasons, in English. Their names in Latin referring to each figure.
Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1684-1747, pub. 1763, later half leather binding with marbled boards, 25cm x 31.5cm

Note: missing plate 75

Sold for £375

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Historia Muscorum: a general history of land and water, &c. Mosses and Corals. Containing all the known species, exhibited by about 1000 figures, on 85 large royal 4 to copper plates, drawn and engraved in the best manner from the originals. By John Jac. Dillenius, M.D. sherrard professor of botany in the University of Oxford. Their names, places of growth, and seasons, in English. Their names in Latin referring to each figure.
Dillenius, Johann Jakob, 1684-1747, pub. 1763, later half leather binding with marbled boards, 25cm x 31.5cm

Note: missing plate 75

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