Guilandini, Melchiore [Melchior Wieland] and Johann Georg Schenk von Grafenberg

First edition, 8vo (146 x 94mm.), engraved title border and one large folding engraved plate showing the layout of the Padua botanic garden, contemporary limp vellum, a little staining to title, some browning, recased

Leopold Akademie der Naturforscher, old inkstamp on title

Krivatsy 5125; Pritzel 3940; Haller I pp 320-1; VD17 23:295048Z; there is also a copy in the Arnold Arboretum library

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An exceptionally rare catalogue of the Padua botanic garden. The work is in two parts: a catalogue of plants in the garden, compiled by Schenck in 1591, followed by a list of plants added to the garden by Guilandini; and Guilandini’s work on plant synonyms citing both of classical authorities such as Theophrastus and Dioscorides and contemporary botanists such as Gesner, Fuchs, and Mattioli.

The engraved title-border by de Bry is dated 1600 but the letterpress title within the border is dated 1608. The dedication by Schenck is dated 1607, so presumably 1608 is correct and there was no 1600 edition.