[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely copy of Hiller's natural history of the trees & herbs mentioned in the Bible. Utrecht: 1725

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(NATURAL HISTORY) Hiller, Matthaeus. HIEROPHYTICON Sive Commentarius in Loca Scripturae Sacrae Quae Plantarum Faciunt Mentionem Distinctus in Duas Partes... Arboribus... Herbis... Utrecht: J. Broedelet. 1725. 4to. 2 parts in 1. (20),488;278,(48)pp. Index. Title printed in red & black. Copper engraved vignette scene at top of page 3. Both parts with section titles. Cont. vellum. A lovely copy.    $850.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scholarly work, an extensive commentary on the trees and herbs mentioned in the Bible, with some text in Hebrew, Greek and Arabic. Pritzel 4079. Blake NLM p. 212. Not in Waller or Welcome. 

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