[Botany] Willdenow, C.L. & F. Gottlieb Hayne. Abbildung der deutschen Holzarten

für Forstmänner und Liebhaber der Botanik, herausgegeben von Friedrich Guimpel (...). Berlin, In der Schüppelschen Buchhandlung, 1815/ 1820 (2nd part). 2 parts in 1 vol. & plate vol. (4),147; (2),149-302 p. Plate vol. complete w. 216 beautifully handcol. engr. plates. Unif. cont. hcalf w. marbled paper boards (somewhat worn/ w. defects), letterp. on spines. 4to.

Occas. browning/ foxing. An extraordinarily well-produced work on German trees. Willdenow was a German botanist, pharmacist and plant taxonomist as well as the curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden; the present work is arguably his rarest. The fine plates are after drawings by Friederich Guimpel, a famous botanical artist who illustrated, among other works, Hayne's extensive work on medical plants. (total 2)