MAGNOL, Pierre.

Botanicum Monspeliense. Sive Plantarum circa Monspelium nascentium Index. In quo Plantarum Nomina meliora seliguntur: Loca, in quibus Plantae spontè adolescunt, tum à prioribus Botanicis, tum ab Authore observata indicantur: & praecipuae Facultates traduntur. Adduntur variarum Plantarum Descriptiones et Icones. Cum Appendice quae Plantas de novo repertas continet, & errata emendat.

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Four folding engraved plates & 19 full-page engravings in the text. 8 p.l., 309 pp. 8vo, cont. vellum-backed marbled boards (minor wear & rubbing to binding, small piece of corner of title renewed with loss of two or three letters). Montpellier: D. Pech for P. Marret, 1686. First edition, second issue, and a precious copy, bearing the signature of Albrecht von Haller on the half-title: “Alb. Haller. Med. Cand. Lugd. Bat. 1726.” This book was purchased by Haller, the great Swiss anatomist, physiologist, botanist, and bibliographer, while a medical student at Leyden, where he studied under Boerhaave and Albinus. On 23 May 1727, Haller graduated doctor medicinae from Leyden — at the age of 18 — with an important thesis on a salivary duct which he proved to be a blood vessel. This is the second issue of Magnol’s first book. Our edition has been made up with the sheets of the first edition of 1676 with a new title page and an appendix added at the end (pp. 289-309). Magnol (1638-1715), one of the greatest botanists of the 17th century and demonstrator of plants and later director at the Montpellier botanical garden, made important contributions towards a “natural” classification of plants and was the first to use the term “family” for plants. Magnol had contact with all the leading botanists of Europe. The magnolia is named for him. Magnol’s method of classification is evident in the present work where he recognizes 76 “families.” In this work, Magnol describes the species of plants found in the area surrounding Montpellier. Nice copy. Books from Haller’s library are uncommon in the market. ❧ Hunt 374. Pritzel 5739. Stafleu & Cowan 5230.

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