Lot 1309

Simon Abbes Gabbema, 'Friesche lust-gaarde ofte Boom-heester-bloem- en kruyd-waarande, bestaande uyt der gewassen beschrijvinge, die in Hoog- en Neder-duyds-land en de aangrenzende land-schappen bekent zijn', Leeuwarden, Hendrik Rintjes, 1686. Octavo, contemporary leather binding, five raised bands. Frontispiece missing. 660 Pages and includes the rare two pages 4*5 and 5*5. Detailed botanical description of Frisian and Northwest European plants, trees, flowers and herbs by the Frisian historian Simon Abbes Gabbema (1628-1688). Quite rare. Internally very good, wear to binding and coming loose of front board.