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Caroli Clusij Atrebatis Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Pannoniam, Austriam, & vicinas quasdam prouincias obseruatarum historia : quatuor libris.

Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, author.; Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608, illustrator.; Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, printer.; Sprengell, Conrad Joachim, -1740, signer.; Massey, Mary P., former owner.
1583
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Title
Caroli Clusij Atrebatis Rariorum aliquot stirpium per Pannoniam, Austriam, & vicinas quasdam prouincias obseruatarum historia : quatuor libris.
Created/published
Antuerpiae : Ex officina Christophori Plantini, MDLXXXIII. [1583]
Description
[8], 766, [10] p. (the last p. blank) : ill. (woodcuts) ; 18 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Clusius, Carolus, 1526-1609, author.
Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545-1608, illustrator.
Plantin, Christophe, approximately 1520-1589, printer.
Sprengell, Conrad Joachim, -1740, signer.
Massey, Mary P., former owner.
Note
"Expressa ad Rudolphum II. Imp. Ernestum, Matthiam, Maximilianum, Austriae Archiduces, &c."

Woodcuts designed by Pieter van der Borcht and executed by either Gerard Janssen van Kampen or Antoon van Leest; cf. Voet.

A variant with a larger appendix (34 p.) also exists; cf. Voet.

Signatures: *⁴ A-Z⁸ a-z⁸ 2A-2B⁸ 2C⁴. (2B8 blank)
Cited/described in
Voet, L. Plantin Press, 1007
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.

Call number
245- 067q
Folger-specific note
Folger copy: in dark brown calf with double gilt fillets; gold-stamped label and gold tooling on spine. Several woodcuts hand colored. Autograph: Conrad Sprengell. Bookplate: Mary P. Massey.

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