Surian, Joseph-Donat | Insignium et rariorum plantarum semina: ex insulis Americanis recenter allata, Paris, 1698

Surian, Joseph-Donat

Insignium et rariorum plantarum semina: ex insulis Americanis recenter allata. Paris, 1698

Very rare at auction.

Surian accompanied the botanist Charles Plumier on his travels to the West Indies and America. The present publication is a listing of over 140 varieties of plants from the New World. We have been able to trace just one auction record for this publication on Rare Book Hub (Swann Galleries,10 February, 1994, lot 257).

Bifolium, 4to (330 x 216 mm). Woodcut headpiece; old folds, light toning, a few spots, minor creasing and soiling. Disbound; two small chips and a line of sewing holes along the fold.