TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de). Institutiones rei herbariae. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1719; 3 vol. in-4 (240 x 180 mm) bound in 2, marbled calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons (contemporary bindings). Third edition, partly original, published by Antoine de Jussieu. The two volumes of plates (here bound in one) are illustrated with a frontispiece (repeated) and 489 PLANTS, FLOWERS AND FRUITS PLATES, detailing all the elements of which they are composed. A fine copy in contemporary binding (epidermis at the bottom of the spine of vol. 1).