Rembertus Dodonaeus - Cruydt-Boeck - 1608

Cruydt-Boeck, according to its latest improvements: With Additions after each Chapter, from various herbal writers: Also in the last a Description of the Indian Plants, mostly drawn from the writings of Carolus Clusius - Leiden, Plantin Press of Françoys van Ravelingen, 1608 - 2 volumes - (8) 830; 831-1580 (79) pp - modern hardcover

Fair. Interior browned; a bite out, a tear, about 1 to 2 cm, in the margin of about 50 pages
Part 1: New flyleaves. Edges of the half-title repaired, title page repaired and reinforced on the verso. Edges of the following pages repaired/frayed.
Interior browned, damp spots on all pages: primarily damp streaks along the top margin and damp spots along the bottom margin, on the first pages up to 250 also bleeding into the text and 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-streaks at the top of the text between 783 and 804

2: original half-title missing / bound with photocopy. Hole in the lower margin 8 leaves. Wormhole (a few mm) at the bottom of the text (or in the engraving) from the beginning to 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 to 1488 a worm-streak between the two wormholes; worm-streak, 1.5 cm in the last 10 register leaves. Edges of 11 register leaves repaired, edges of 12 register leaves frayed. Damp spot on the lower half of all pages.

Contains about 1,475 engravings - all engravings depicted

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