[Paleobotany] J.J. Scheuchzer. Herbarium Diluvianum collectum

Zurich, David Gessner, 1709, 1st ed., 44 pp., followed by 12 folding plates depicting fossil plants (one printed in sanguine), modern half leather by Period Binders (Bath), gilt lettered spine, folio.

Bookplate on upper pastedown. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) is considered one of the founders of paleobotany. The present volume (here in scarce first edition) remained a standard work on the subject until well into the 19th century.