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VALLEMONT, Curiositez de la nature, 1715
VALLEMONT, Abbé (de).
Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, ou l'agriculture, et le jardinage dans leur perfection.
Bruxelles, Jean Leonard, 1715.
Two volumes 12mo (165x110 mm), (18)-311-(6) pages and 12 plates / (2)-359-(6) pages and 2 plates. binding : Contemporary full blind cardboard. Under modern slipcase. Edges uncrop.
New edition.
Abbot de Vallemont is well known for his curious works on occultism. These two volumes deal with all sorts of strange phenomena: the tree of Diana or metallic vegetation, the plant phoenix, palingenesis or the resurrection of plants from their ashes. Allegorical frontispieces and engraved figures.
Copy uncrop.
references: Caillet [III, 10982, ed. 1710 :"Outre des chapitres de jardinage proprement dits, il y en a quelques autres dans le genre de ceux-ci : Arbre qui parle, Arbre philosophique, Plante qui chasse les démons, etc..."}.
provenance: Bookplate Kurt Seligmann.
Price : 400 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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