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67 2276 Botany Ville J B de 67/2276 [Botany]. (Ville, J.B. de). Histoire des plantes de l'Europe, et des plus usitées, qui viennent d'Asie, d'Afrique & d'Amérique; (...) rangée suivant l'ordre du Pinax de Gaspard Bauhin. Lyon, P. Duplain l'aîné, 1766, 2 vols., XXXVI,442; (2),445-866,(80)p., over 850 woodcut ills., contemp. unif. calf, gilt spine w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, large 12mo. - Vol. 1 (sm.) waterstain in outer (mainly blank) margin throughout; contemp. annots. on 1 blank endpaper and in blank part of last leaf; lacks free endpapers. Bindings rubbed; three spine-ends dam.; corners showing. = Cf. Pritzel 10768 (other eds.). This anonymously written and important herbal, first published 1683, went through several editions. Jean Baptiste de Ville was its first publisher.