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Carolus CLUSIUS Botany. CLUSIUS. Rariorum plantarum
Carolus CLUSIUS Botany. CLUSIUS. Rariorum plantarum
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Botany. CLUSIUS, Carolus [L’Ecluse, Charles de]. Rariorum plantarum Historia.Antwerp, Officina Plantiniana apud J. Moretum, 1601.

Folio. 350x220mm. Legatura in piena pergamena rigida, titolo in oro sul dorso. Pagine 14 non numerate, compresi Frontespizio inciso e Ritratto, 364, CCCXLVIII, 12 non numerate. Segn.: \ast!⁶ A-Z⁶, a-f 46 g, 2A-2X⁶ 2Y⁴ 2Z⁶, 2a-2e⁶ 2f⁸ 2g⁶. Frontespizio inciso con titolo entro cornice figurata, lista delle opere presenti sul verso, Ritratto dell’Autore firmato da D. Gheyn, oltre 1.100 illustrazioni di piante impresse in xilografia nel testo. Firma di antico possessore sul Frontespizio “Bernardus de magistris astronomus”. Altra firma sul margine superiore del Ritratto “Nicolai Francisci Stella”. Numerose annotazioni a penna vicino alle illustrazioni delle piante, delle quali è scritto il nome secondo la tassonomia della nomenclatura binomiale.

Rara e importante prima edizione, magnificamente figurata. Fondamentale opera della storia della botanica, con la prima edizione del "Fungorum historia", la prima monografia pubblicata sui funghi. Nissen nota che il manoscritto contenente i disegni originali di questa sezione dedicata ai funghi era stato smarrito nella tipografia Plantin prima della stampa di questo volume. Quando alla fine furono recuperati, Fr. van Sterbeeck li usò per il suo "Theatrum fungorum" (1675), spesso erroneamente definito come il primo libro sui funghi.Illustrato con oltre mille xilografie ricavate da esemplari botanici, il "Rariorum Plantarum" di Carolus Clusius è un eccellente esempio del rinnovato interesse per la botanica e i giardini botanici che fiorirono durante il Rinascimento. Circa cento nuove specie sono descritte per la prima volta. Questa edizione sintetizza il materiale presentato in "Rariorum aliquot Stirpium per Pannoniam et Austriam Observatarum Historia" di L'Écluse, Anversa 1583 e nel "Rariorum aliquot Stirpium per Hispanias". Anversa 1576, insieme a aggiunte che descrivono nuove piante. Seguono il "Fungorum historia", le "Plantae quae in Baldo Monte reperiuntur" di Giovanni Pona e le lettere di Onorio Belli e Tobias Roelsius. La conoscenza della botanica, acquisita attraverso i suoi viaggi in Europa, permise a Clusius tradurre opere più antiche sulla storia naturale e pubblicare i suoi scritti sulla flora di Spagna, Portogallo, Austria e Ungheria. Fu lui il responsabile della diffusione di bulbi e tuberi, come tulipani e giacinti, in tutta Europa. Il Frontespizio inciso ha una elaborata cornice architettonica con rappresentazioni di Adamo e Salomone, Teofrasto e Dioscoride, circondati da vasi di piante esotiche, come gigli e tulipani. Il ritratto, firmato D. Gheyn, raffigura L'Écluse in un cartiglio ovale che incorpora uno stemma ed è circondato da vasi di tulipani, gigli, fritillari, ecc. Due Naiadi alate che emergono dalla cornucopia traboccante di piante, con in testa diademi di ricci di mare, e noci, semi e coralli sparsi sotto. Blunt and Stearn: “Again and again, in attempting to ascertain the correct application of names given by Linnaeus, the inquirer is lead back to L'Ecluse's work, which can be described as the starting point of our modern knowledge for many genera. His description and the associated illustrations thus help to typify the species of later authors. Moreover his enthusiastic cultivation of foreign plants, particularly those from Turkey and the Levant, prepared the way for the splendid gardens of seventeenth century in France, Germany, Austria, Flanders and Holland; and his introduction of the potato to the Low Countries rendered no less a service to their food.” Questo esemplare è corredato dalle preziose annotazioni di un antico possessore, molto preparato in ambito botanico, che aggiunge alle illustrazioni la nomenclatura binomiale, ripresa molto probabilmente da quella elaborata, oltre cent’anni prima di Linneo, da Gaspard Bauhin.
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Folio. 350x220mm. Stiff vellum, gold title on the spine. Pages (14, including engraved Title-page and portrait), 364, CCCXLVIII, (12). Signature: \ ast! ⁶ A-Z⁶, a-f 46 g, 2A-2X⁶ 2Y⁴ 2Z⁶, 2a-2e⁶ 2f⁸ 2g⁶.Engraved Title page with title within illustrated frame, letterpress list of the works on the verso, Portrait of the Author signed by D. Gheyn, over 1,100 illustrations of plants imprinted in woodcut in the text.Title-page with signature of an ancient owner “Bernardus de magistris astronomus”. Another signature on the upper margin of the portrait “Nicolai Francisci Stella” Numerous annotations in pen near the illustrations of the plants, of which the name is written according to the taxonomy of the binomial nomenclature.

Rare and important first edition, magnificently illustrated. Fundamental work of the history of botany, with the first edition of "Fungorum historia", the first published monograph on fungi. Nissen notes that the manuscript containing the original drawings of this section was mislaid in the Plantin printing house before the printing of this volume. When they were eventually recovered Fr. van Sterbeeck used them for his "Theatrum fungorum" (1675), often mistakenly referred to as the first book on fungi. Containing many woodcuts drawn from botanical specimens, Carolus Clusius's 'Rariorum Plantarum' is an excellent example of the renewed interest in botany and botanical gardens which flourished in during the Renaissance. Approximately one hundred new species are described for the first time. This edition synthesises material presented in L'Écluse's 'Rariorum aliquot Stirpium per Pannoniam et Austriam Observatarum Historia', Antwerp 1583 and his 'Rariorum aliquot Stirpium per Hispanias.' Antwerp 1576, along with additions describing new plants. It is followed by the 'Fungorum historia', the first published treatise on fungi, which L'Écluse had composed during his stay with the Count of Batthyam in Hungary, Giovanni Pona's 'Plantae quae in Baldo Monte reperiuntur', and letters of Honorius Belli and Tobias Roelsius. His knowledge of botany, acquired through his travels in Europe, allowed Clusius to translate older works on natural history and to publish his own writings on the flora of Spain, Portugal, Austria and Hungary. Clusius was responsible for the dissemination of bulbs and tubers, such as tulips and hyacinths, throughout Europe. The engraved title has a fine architectural border with representations of Adam and Solomon, and Theophrastus and Dioscorides, surrounded by pots of exotic plants, such as lilies and tulips. The portrait, signed D. Gheyn, depicts L'Écluse in an oval cartouche incorporating a coat-of-arms and surrounded by pots of tulips, lilies, fritillaries, etc., two winged Naiads emerging from cornucopiae overflowing with plants, tiaras of sea-urchins on their heads, nuts, seeds, and corals strewn below. Blunt and Stearn: “Again and again, in attempting to ascertain the correct application of names given by Linnaeus, the inquirer is lead back to L'Ecluse's work, which can be described as the starting point of our modern knowledge for many genera. His description and the associated illustrations thus help to typify the species of later authors. Moreover his enthusiastic cultivation of foreign plants, particularly those from Turkey and the Levant, prepared the way for the splendid gardens of seventeenth century in France, Germany, Austria, Flanders and Holland; and his introduction of the potato to the Low Countries rendered no less a service to their food.”This specimen is accompanied by the precious annotations of an ancient owner, very erudite in the botanical field, which adds to the illustrations the binomial nomenclature, most probably taken from the one elaborated, over a hundred years before Linnaeus, by Gaspard Bauhin.
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