Martinus Houttuyn, Carl von Linné - Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineraalen, volgens het [...] - 1780-1784

Derde deels, eerste - vierde stuk. One section in 4 (of 5) vols., missing the 5th vol.
Derde deels. Eerste stuk. De versteeningen (1780).
Title page, VIII, (12) 600 pp.; 8 (of 12) large, folded, finely engraved plates (nrs. I - VIII, missing IX - XII).
Derde deels. Tweede stuk. De delfstoffen (1781).
Title page, (10), 700, (8) pp.; 12 large, folded, finely engraved plates (nrs. XIII - XXIV).
Derde deels. Derde stuk. De steenen (1782).
Title page, (8), 638, (6) pp.; 10 large, folded, finely engraved plates (nrs. XXV - XXXIV)
Derde deels. Vierde stuk. De mynstoffen (1784 - J. van der Burgh)
Title page, (8), 498 pp.; 7 large, folded, finely engraved plates (nrs. XXXV - XLI).
Old, uniform mottled quarter linen over speckled boards. Spine with black label and gilt title, gilt lines.
Boards worn, speckled paper partly missing; vierde stuk no black label on spine, but with gilt title.
Margins a bit spotted, damp-stained with remnants of midew, especially in the eerste stuk.
Library ticket at bottom of spine, library stamp on title page (Bibliotheca F.F. Praed in Huissen), library stamp on verso of title page of a monastry in Nijmegen; library stamp on top edge and lower edge.
A few pages loose in vol. 3-1, one plate (XIV) loose in vol. 3-3, one plate misbound in vol. 3-4 (at page 111 in stead of 211).

* A near complete (4 of 5 vols.) set on mineralogy, paleontology and geology, with 37 plates (of 48 in 5 vols.) Rare part of the main Dutch natural history encyclopaedia of the 18th century, compiled by the Dutch medical doctor and naturalist Martinus Houttuyn (1720-1798) and often referred to as the 'Linnaeus Houttuyn' edition.
The work is extremely detailed and contains a wealth of incidental information not brought together in this form elsewhere, not even by Linnaeus himself.
Nissen ZBI, 2011; Soulsby, 73; Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans. Stafleu and Cowan, 3080, Vanzolini, pp. 1-2.

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