Rembertus Dodonaeus - Cruydt-Boeck - 1608

Cruydt-Boeck, according to its latest improvements:
With addenda after each chapter, from various herb writers:
Also in the latest, a Description of Indian Plants, mostly drawn from the writings of Carolus Clusius
Leiden, Plantin Printing House of François van Ravelingen, 1608 - 2 volumes - (8) 830; 831-1580 (79) pp - modern hardcover


Fair. Interior discolored; a small bite taken out, a crack, about 1–2 cm, in the margin of around fifty pages.
Part 1: New flyleaves. Edges of the half-title restored, the title page restored and reinforced on the verso. Edges of the following leaves restored/torn.
Inner pages discolored, moisture spots on all pages: mainly a moisture streak along the top margin and moisture spots along the bottom margin; on the first pages up to 250 also bleeding into the text and the side margin (see the many photos). Wormhole (a few mm) at the bottom of the text from page 690 to the end, as well as worm-eaten streaks at the top of the text between pages 783 and 804.
2: The original half-title is missing / photocopy bound. Hole in the lower margin of 8 pages. A wormhole (a few mm) at the bottom of the text (or in the engraving) from the beginning through page 981; from page 983 two wormholes to the end - between 1258 and 1329 the lower wormhole becomes a thick worm-streak of about 1 cm; from pages 1461 through 1488 a worm-streak between the two wormholes; worm-streak, 1.5 cm, in the last 10 binding leaves. Edges of 11 binding leaves restored, edges of 12 binding leaves frayed. Moisture stain on the lower half of all pages.

Contains about 1,475 engravings — all engravings shown.

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