76/1634 [Botany]. Munting, A. Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen, waar in de veelerley aart en bijzondere eigenschappen der boomen, heesters, kruyden, bloemen, met haare vrugten, zaden, wortelen en bollen, neevens derzelver waare voort-teeling, gelukkige aanwinning, en heylzaame genees-krachten. Leyden/ Utr., P. van der Aa/ F. Halma, 1696, 2 vols., (36),639; (2),641-929[in columns],(64)p., engr. frontisp., title-vign., 12 vignettes and 242 (of 243) full-p. plates, later (prob. 19th cent.) blindst. calf over wooden covers, brass clasps and catches, folio.

- Lacks one plate in part 2 (the Leontopetalon capitatum Americanum); occas. sl. foxed and/ or yellowed in margins; a few plates and textpages sl. yellowed. Covers sl. scratched; corners sl. worn. Otherwise a good copy.

= Nissen, BBI 1428; Pritzel 6556; De Belder 252. The unusual plates depict plants set in or floating above landscape backgrounds. "The plates are as curious as their subjects. They commonly present the plants far larger than life, oranges huge as pumpkins, cyclamens with heavy corms floating lightly in mid-air, gentle geraniums grown into giant trees. The effect is obtained through sketching in classical or idyllic [including some very Dutch views] or mountainous little landscapes below." (Hunt 404). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXII.