JUNDZI£ - DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS IN LITHUANIA, VILLAGE, PODOLUM AND UKRAINE Vilnius 1830

JUNDZI£ Joseph

DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS IN LITHUANIA, VOLHYNIA, PODOLIA AND UKRAINE GROWING IN THE WILD AS WELL AS DOMESTICATED ACCORDING TO THE SIXTEENTH EDITION OF LINNAEUS' ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS

Vilna, 1830. published by Joseph Zawadzki; pp.XII+583; format 12.5x20.5 cm

Stanislaw Bonifacy Jundziłł coat of arms Swan, alias Wawrzyniec Kostrzyca, (born May 6, 1761 in Jasiańce, died April 15, 1847 in Vilnius) - Polish priest, learned naturalist, naturalist, educator and diarist, lecturer at the Imperial University of Vilnius.

Very rare!

HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER CONTEMPORARY REFERRING IN STYLE TO THE COURTLY, LUXURIOUS BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD. COVERS SURROUNDED BY DECORATIVE GILT FRAME. FLAT SPINE WITH SIGNBOARDS AND RICH GILDING. MARBLED BOARDS, PAGE EDGES MARBLED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. INTERIORS OF COVERS FINISHED IN GILDED SLIPCASE.

BDB-/ condition: very numerous underlining and manuscript marginalia in period, 1992 auction receipts attached.

Provenance: on the title page own inscription: Korpieciński Kazimierz, assistant professor of archives of the Department of Estates and Governmental Forests of the National Capital Territory (1854-1855)

BEAUTIFUL PIECE!