Rare! The 2nd volume (of 2) complete with the hundreds of engravings on 74 plates (printed from the original printing plates from the first edition from 1662). In contemporary half-leather binding with letter piece. Folio: 33 × 22 cm Condition: Binding severely damaged, front and back covers only barely attached, interior with discolouration and spots but overall good. Will be sent by registered mail. Second edition of this important 17th-century survey of the known botanical world. Jonston was a “Polish physician of Scottish extraction who wrote numerous works on medicine, natural history, and more miscellaneous subjects” (Johnston). The original edition of this work was first published in Frankfurt in 1662 under the title Dendrographiae sive Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Fructibus. The present edition was published by Eckebrecht after he had acquired the complete set of the original printing plates for that 1662 edition. These he reprinted and added the second edition of the text. Jonston, J. Historiae naturalis de arboribus et plantis. Tomus Secundus. Heilbron, F.J. Eckebrecht, 1769, (2),265,(9)p., 74 etched plates (mostly w. 9 diff. species on one plate) after M. Merian, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece. - Poor binding, spine dam. = Volume 2 only. Nissen, BBI 1007.