AUTHOR: Bauhin, Johann (1541-1613) TITLE: Historia plantarvm vniversalis, nova et absolvtissima, cvm consensv et dissensv circa eas, auctoribus Ioh. Bavhino... et Ioh, Henr. Cherlero... quam recensuit et auxit Dominicvs Chabraevs... Juris vero publici fecit Franciscvs Lvd. a Graffenried... IMPRINT: Ebrodvni, 1650-51. COLLATION: 3 v. illus. 39 cm. HOLDINGS: Have complete. NOTES: Each volume has added t.-p., engr. “First and only edition of this famous botanical encyclopedia, published posthumously by D. Chabrée and Franz Ludwig von Graffenreid. ‘J.H. Chercler had worked for many years for Bauhin (his father-in-law) on this great work. A preliminary sketch of it was brought out in 1619, but this is the first edition of the project as a whole. It describes about 5000 species in a clear and accurate manner, taking into consideration all the organs and properties of the plants as wellas their ecology. Though Jean Bauhin was not considered as great a botanist as his brother Gaspard, this encyclopedia of botanical knowledge had enormous value.’ (Hunt 251)” — Antiquariaat Junk catalogue no. 270 “First edition of the greatest encyclopedia of plants of the 17th century; it is also one of the most extensively illustrated botanical works ever to be published. Bauhin was engaged in compiling this work for many years with his son-in-law Cherler (d. 1610), as collaborator. The Historia Plantarum was not published until 37 years after Bauhin’s death, having been left in manuscript... ‘Bauhin’s reputation as a botanist rests upon the encyclopedic Historia plantarum universalis... It completely overshadows the works published during his lifetime, which give only a limited indication of his originality... It contained the description and synonyms of 5,226 plants, primarily from Europe, but with some Eastern and American floras. This represented the fruits of the explorations of Bauhin and his informants, and compilation from ancient and contemporary literature. It also indicates the great progress of botany in the sixteenth century.’ (DSB, I, p. 526) The fine frontispieces are by Conrad Meyer of Zurich and are richly allegorical.” — Jonathan A. Hill, catalogue 97 REFERENCES: Nissen BBI, 103. KEYWORDS: 1. Botany--Pre-Linnean works. I. Cherler, Johann Heinrich (1570-1610) II. Chabre, Dominique (d. 1667) III. Graffenried, Franz Ludwig von. LOCATION: fQK41.B35 1650 OTHER CALIFORNIA LOCATIONS: UC San Francisco; UC Davis; UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library