[Rarebooks] FS: One of the earliest books on paleontology. Leyden: 1723

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(NATURAL HISTORY) Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob. HERBARIUM DILUVIANUM. Editio 
Novissima, Duplo Auctior. Leyden: Petri Vander Aa. 1723. Folio. (4),119,(5)pp. 
Index. Plus 14 copper engraved plates, a copper engraved portrait of the 
author, and a fine added engraved title with a vignette depicting the Biblical 
Deluge. Title printed in red & black, with a copper engraved vignette. 
Cont. vellum, hand-lettered spine, some light soiling. A beautiful copy.     
$3,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
The greatly revised second edition with 14 plates. The first ed. of 1709 
only had 10 plates and 44 pages of text. Each engraved plate is dedicated to a 
different notable; the second plate is dedicated to Isaac Newton. An "early 
work in paleobotany, some say the first." THE HUNT BOTANICAL CATALOGUE, 
#456. Nissen BBI 1752.

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