Schäffer, Jacob Christian. Erleichterte Arzneykraeuter-Wissenschaft. Nebst sechs Kupfertafeln mit ausgemahlten Abbildungen. Neue und vermehrte Auflage.

Regensburg, o. Dr., 1772.

Large 4to. (8), 234, (14) pp. With 6 engr. plates in contemp. colour. Contemp. half calf with giltstamped spine and traces of a spine label.

€ 1,000.00

Fifth and last edition of this rare Book of Herbs, mainly in the form of tables. With two additional plates not contained in the earlier editions; the engravings depict mainly phanerogams and their parts. The Regensburg theologian and naturalist Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718-90) concerned himself especially with entomological studies and created a series of collections. In 1757 he was made a member of the German Naturalists' Academy, "Leopoldina".

Interior slightly browned due to paper.

References

Pritzel 8111 ("1743"). Stafleu/C. 10.472. Cf. Ferchl 4711. OCLC 312016311. Not in Nissen.

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