Jean Ruel (1479-1537) De natura stirpium libri tres, Joanne - Lot 12

Jean Ruel (1479-1537) De natura stirpium libri tres, Joanne Ruellio authore. Cum privilegio Regis. P., Ex officina Simonis Colinaei, 1536, in-folio of 6ff.-884pp.-62ff., full 19th-century pastiche calf, cold-stamped fillets on boards, ornate spine, red morocco title-piece, marbled edges, copy well bound, title margins restored, as well as last index leaf, small marginal wetness, good margins, annotations in margins and passages underlined in brown ink, title of 3rd state out of 3 without engraved frame. First edition. The execution of this volume is perfect in every respect, as is that of the treatise on veterinary medicine by the same author, printed by Simon de Colines in 1530; this work has been reprinted many times. (Renouard-269) (Brunet-IV1451) (Graesse-VI-188)