[OSKAMP, Dirk Leonard, Maarten HOUTTUYN and Carl KRAUSS]. 
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The Dutch Zorn: 600 hand-coloured plates of medicinal plants Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver beschryvingen. Icones plantarum officinalium cum earum descriptionibus. Amsterdam, Jan Christiaan Sepp and son, "1794" [= 1796] - 1800 (or 1801). 6 volumes. 8vo. With a wood-engraved vignette on the title page of each volume and 600 numbered full-page engraved plates (100 in each volume), all coloured by a contemporary hand. Contemporary gold-tooled mottled calf. First and only edition of the Dutch adaptation of Johannes Zorn's (1739-1799) celebrated Icones plantarum medicinalium (1779-1790), one of the finest illustrated botanical works devoted to medicinal plants. The six volumes contain 600 full-page engraved plates, all beautifully coloured by a contemporary hand, depicting medicinal plants, trees, shrubs, and herbs. Several plates are signed by the artist B. Thanner and the engravers J.S. Leitner, J.M. Burucker, J.C. Claussner, J.K. Mayr, Lindau, and Pemsel. The plates are accompanied by concise descriptions in Dutch, largely derived from Martin Houttuyn's (1720-1798) Natuurlijke Historie, and in Latin, based on Johann Friedrich Gmelin's (1748-1804) edition of Carl Linnaeus's (1707-1778) Systema Naturae, together with notes on the medicinal and pharmaceutical uses of each plant. The work was edited by Dirk Leonard Oskamp (1756-1802), Maarten Houttuyn (1720-1798) and Johan Carl Krauss (1759-1826), adapting Zorn's botanical atlas for a Dutch readership while incorporating contemporary Linnaean taxonomy. Zorn, physician and botanist at Kempten in Bavaria, ranks among the foremost illustrators of medicinal botany of the late 18th century. His Icones plantarum medicinalium remains his principal achievement and is admired for its extensive visual documentation of medicinal species.
With two owners' inscriptions on each half-title. The first, in blue ballpoint pen ("De Bruyker Karel, Overmere 1979"). The second, a contemporary inscription in brown ink ("S.A. Veldeman M.D."). Volume V contains a loosely inserted contemporary manuscript note, in the same handwriting, entitled "Mémoire", comprising an inventory of books and the number of volumes, including works of literature and chemistry, with the list numbered from 1 to 48. All bindings show some wear, especially on the joints and board edges, the boards of volume IV and VI have been somewhat rubbed. All volumes show some occasional staining. Otherwise in good condition. [1], [1 blank], XVI, 102, [4]; [8], 101, [1 blank], [4]; [4], 101, [1 blank]; [4], II, [2], 100, [4]; [8],100, [2]; [1], [1 blank], IV, [1], [1 blank],1-36, 1-101, [1 blank] pp. BMC NH, p. 1482; Bradley III, p. 55; Johnston 639; Landwehr, Coloured plates 2; Nissen, BBI 2203; Pritzel 4502; Stafleu & Cowan II, 3926; STCN 183837703.
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