Houttynn, Martinus Wood and Cabinet Making

A Representation of Inland and Foreign Wood, as well Trees as Shrubs, which are collected by the Lovers of Natural History in their Cabinets of Natural Curiosities for Use and Pleasure. Afbeeldingen van In- en Uitlandsche Houten... – Abbildung In-und Auslaendischer Hoeltzer… Amsterdam: John Christian Sepp, 1773. First edition, 4to, unpaginated, [A1-H2], uncut, titles and text in English, French, Dutch, German and Latin, 78 (of 100) hand-coloured engraved plates, first English title slightly browned, 12 original parts wrappers bound in, slight spotting to the bound in parts wrappers, 20th century green cloth, rubbed morocco label to spine
Note: Based on the "Wood Cabinets" assembled by the Dutch physician Houttuyn and the Reverend Hazeu. The work was published in eighteen parts over a period of 22 years. Primarily based on Seligman's Abbildungen In- und Ausländischer Hölzer (Nuremberg 1773-1778), illustrated with 48 plates only, Jan Christiaan Sepp added another 52 engravings which concentrated on timbers from the West Indies, drawn from the cabinet of the Reverend Hazeu at Rotterdam. Other "samples are taken from the collection of Martinus Houttuyn, who added a new title-page" (Landwehr). Brunet V:291; Landwehr 84; Nissen BBI 939. RARE. A further 6 plates were published in a Supplement in 1795.