
Auction Closed
July 28, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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AGRICOLA, GEORG ANDREAS
Neu- und nie erhörter doch in der Natur und Vernunfft wohlgegründeter Versuch der universal Vermehrung aller Bäume, Stauden und Blumen-Gewächse. Regensburg and Leipzig: Petz and Boetius, 1716-17
2 volumes bound in one, folio (325 x 210mm.), half-titles, 2 engraved additional titles, printed titles in red and black, folding mezzotint portrait of the author (not present in the BSB copy), engraved vignettes and coats of arms in the text, 34 engraved plates with letterpress descriptions, contemporary vellum, title cropped at foot, without instructions to binder leaf
Agricola was a botanist who pioneered cutting and grafting.