Botany Trew, Christoph Jacob Plantae selectae quarum imagines ad exemplaria naturalia Londini in hortis curiosorum nutrita... With 3 portraits in mezzotint style, 10 engraved intertitles heightened in red and gold and 100 hand-coloured plates. (Augsburg, Haid,) 1750-1773. 3 portraits, first intertitle, 3 nn. Bll., 56 p., 9 intertitles and 100 plates, 1 nn. Leaf (monitum). Folio (51.5 x 36 cm). Modern full marocco in the style of the period on 7 bands with gilt-stamped cover fillets, gilt-stamped spine label, rich vegetal spine gilding, standing edge fillets, three gilt edges and marble endpapers. Gilt edges and marble endpapers. First edition. - Nissen BBI, 1997. Stafleu/Cowan 15.131. Pritzel 9499. Great Flower Books p. 144. Dunthorne 309. - Extremely splendid copy of this masterpiece of botanical book art, which impresses with its excellent colouring of the plates. In addition to the intertitles heightened in red and gold, the first word of all the titles of the plates, set in capitals, is also heightened in gold. The marvellous full-page engravings were engraved by Johann Jacob Haid and Johann Elias Haid after drawings by Georg Dionysius Ehret. With the mezzotint portraits of J.J. Haid, Ehret and Trew. - Our copy contains before the 2 vols. Address to the reader in Latin and a two-column leaf with a parallel German-Latin text signed in print as J.J. Haid, Augsburg 1750, followed by a likewise two-column "Index plantarum, quarum imagines pinxit D. Ehretus suntque Norimbergae in Museo D. D. Treu". - Partly with watermark with crowned fleur-de-lis shield and initials J. H. & Z. (Jan Honig & Zoonen). - Nissen considers the Plantae Selectae to be the most important botanical work ever printed in Germany. C. J. Trew, a doctor in Nuremberg and amateur botanist, admired the talent and skills of his younger compatriot Georg Ehret, a gardener and flower painter. The present work is the most important collaboration between the two. Trew died in 1769 and was therefore unable to complete the last three parts. From then on, Benedict Christian Vogel, Professor of Botany at the University of Altdorf, took over. - Without Vogel's very rare addendum and his portrait (published in two Decuriae 1790-1792). - Portraits and text inconspicuously brownstained. The plates only sporadically somewhat (finger)stained. Overall an extremely well-preserved copy with splendid contemporary colouring of the plates. Botany - With 3 portraits in mezzotint, 10 engraved intertitles heightened in red and gold and 100 hand-coloured plates. Modern full morocco in the style of the time on 7 bands with gilt cover fillets, gilt spine label, rich spine gilding, standing edge fillets, gilt edges and marbled endpapers. - First edition. - Sumptuous copy of this masterpiece of botanical book art, which captivates with its outstanding colouring of the plates. In addition to the intertitles heightened in red and gold, the first word of all the titles of the plates is also heightened in gold. The marvellous plates were engraved by Johann Jacob Haid and Johann Elias Haid after drawings by Georg Dionysius Ehret. With the aquatint portraits of J.J. Haid, Ehret and Trew. - Our copy contains an often not called for two-column fol. with parallel text in German and Latin, signed in print J.J. Haid, Augsburg 1750, followed by an "Index plantarum, quarum imagines pinxit D. Ehretus suntque Norimbergae in Museo D. D. Treu", also in two columns. - Partly with watermark with crowned fleur-de-lis shield and initials J. H. & Z. (Jan Honig & Zoonen). - The Plantae Selectae are considered by Nissen to be the most important botanical work ever printed in Germany.C. J. Trew, a doctor in Nuremberg and amateur botanist, admired the talent and skills of his younger compatriot Georg Ehret, a gardener and flower painter. The present work is the most important collaboration between the two. Trew died in 1769 and was therefore unable to complete the last three parts. From then on, Benedict Christian Vogel, Professor of Botany at the University of Altdorf, took over. - Without Vogel's very rare addendum and his portrait (published in two Decuriae 1790-1792). - Portraits and text inconspicuously brownstained. The plates only sporadically somewhat (finger)stained. Overall an extremely well-preserved copy with splendid contemporary colouring of the plates. * This work is taxed. A premium of 23.95% will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books only) or 19% VAT will be added to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union. 24000