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PELLETIER, Caspar Plantarum tum patriarum, tum exoticarum in Walachria nascentium synonymia. Middelburg R. Schilders 1610 Sm. 8vo: [16]-398-[2 bl.] pp. (sl. trimmed). Interesting contemp. limp vellum, flat spine with visible threads and a label. First edition of this list of some 1600 plants of the island of Walcheren (incl. the cities of Middelburg, Vlissingen and Veere) in Zeeland by Pelletier (d. 1658), doctor in medicine and alderman of Middelburg. Exotic plants, including tulips and tobacco, are included in the inventory, arranged alphabetically by Latin names, with their appellations in Greek, French and Dutch. Ref. STCN 830837752. - Pritzel 7027. Prov. Jerome van Winghe (1559-1637), canon of Tournai and great collector who bequeathed his library and his curiosity cabinet to the cathedral of Tournai (ms. ownership entry). - Church Cathedral of Tournai (bookpl.). - Sold at the sale of duplicate copies of the Public Library of Tournai, July 1874, nr. 1619 (ms. entry). - Bibl. Van Ouverleaux" (ms. ownership entry, 19th c.).
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