







CLUSIUS' RARIORUM PLANTARUM HISTORIAE, Antwerpen 1601.
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CLUSIUS, CAROLUS (L'ESCLUSE, CHARLES). Rariorum plantarum historiae. Quae accesserint, proxima pagina docebit. Antverpiae, ex officina Plantiniana apud Ioannem Moretum, 1601.
Folio (about 355x228 mm.). (12, included engraved title), 1-364; i-cccxlviii, (1-12, last blank) pp. Engraved title within figurative border (later reinforced in upper margin, cut to platemark in outer margin, overwritten annotation in lower margin, lacks engraved portrait), over 1100 woodcuts in text.
Contemporary vellum, most probably a remboitage, somewhat worn and spotted, lacks straps, new first endpaper, lacks last endpaper. A very clean copy, only engraved title a little soiled.
Ref: Nissen;: BBI 372, 374; Hunt 180; Stafleu: TL-2 1149; Pritzel 12759; Waller 11556; 100 Botanische Juwelen 19.
First edition of the first volume of Clusius's collected works. The second volume "Exoticorum libri decem" was published in Leiden in 1605.
The present work is a variant with table of contents on verso of engraved title.
Charles l'Ecluse or Clusius (1526-1609), garden director in Vienna, Frankfurt am Main and since 1593 in Leyden. The "Historia", a résumé of his lifework is considered to be the main work of descriptive botany of the time. (100 Botanische Juwelen).
Provenance: Olle Wallin (1934-2021), economist who began his professional career working for the Swedish commercial bank Svenska Handelsbanken, after which he was employed by the construction company Beijers, working under Anders Wall.
His interest in books and nature was inspired by his parents, both avid book collectors and interested in natural history. Wallin began collecting seriously after moving to Stockholm in the 1970's, and frequently visited the many antiquarian book shops as well as attended the auctions. His line of work also required extensive travel, foremost to the European continent and the US, and he usually took the opportunity to combine the business trips with visits to leading antiquarian book sellers and auction houses. Many of the more important and valuable works in his collection were acquired on those occasions.
See text. Lacks engraved portrait.