Cluyt (Outger) Opuscula duo singularia..., 2 parts in 1, only edition, Amsterdam, J.Charpentier,
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Cluyt (Outger) Opuscula duo singularia. I. De nuce medica. II. De hemerobio sive ephemero insecto, & majali verme, 2 parts in 1, only edition, general title and part-titles with woodcuts, large folding woodcut plate (sometimes missing), woodcut illustrations, title and final leaf a little soiled, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern mottled sheep with borders tooled in blind, red morocco label, spine slightly faded, [Wellcome 1515], 4to, Amsterdam, J.Charpentier, 1634.
⁂ Rare work containing two early tracts: on the nut of the Seychelles coco de mer used in the treatment of fevers, dysentery, epilepsy, paralysis etc., and on the mayfly.
David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.
⁂ Rare work containing two early tracts: on the nut of the Seychelles coco de mer used in the treatment of fevers, dysentery, epilepsy, paralysis etc., and on the mayfly.
David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.
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Cluyt (Outger) Opuscula duo singularia..., 2 parts in 1, only edition, Amsterdam, J.Charpentier,
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