DISSERTATIO DE PLANTARUM VEGETATIONE
HABITA IN COLLEGIO GRESHAMMENSI
PER KENELMUM DIGBAEUM EQUITEM
AD DIEM 23 JANUARII 1660
EX ANGLICA IN LINGUA LATINA VERSA
AMESTELODAMI
APUD JODOCUM PLUYMERT
1678
TRACTATUS DE ARBORIBUS CONIFERIS ET PICE CONFICIENDA
JOHANNE CONRADO AXTIO
JENA
E IMPENSIS JOHANNIS BIELKII
TYPIS SAMUELIS KRESBII
1679
Interesting collection of 17th century of two works of botany.
The first one is the edition of 1678 of the work "Dissertatio de plantarum vegetatione" by the natural phylsoopher Digby Kenelm (1603-1665), member of Royal Society and father of wine bottle.
In 1654 circa he supported alchemic experiments in the circle of Samuel Harlib (to which Robert Boyle also belonged) and in 1661 had his own laboratory with the transylvanian alchemist Johannes Banfi Hunneadesos as assistant.
The work was published for the first time in 1661 as "A discourse concerning the vegetation of plants" is a study about growth of plants underlining the importance of vital air, oxygen, sustenance of plants, germination, reproduction. Kenelm was the first one in Europe to publish these kind of results.
Translation in latin by Olferd Dapper.
The second work is the edition of 1679 of the "Tractatus de arboribus coniferis et pice conficienda" by Johanne Conrado Axtio about management of conifer forests and extraction of pitch, charcoal and resins.
The title page, the first 84 pages and all the engravings lack.
There are the following chapters "De modo conficiendae pici et usu" about the extraction of pitch (lacking of the first two pages), De fumo et fuligine, De candelis ligneis, De carbonibus & modo eos conficiendi. At the end "Epistola ad amicum de Antimonio" in which the author accuses the french doctor Gui Patin (1601-1672) to poison his son (who was illed) by means of it instead of which he cured him (Ferguson).
In good conditions.
Soft cover with handwritten title in the spine in good general conditions lightly worn in the extremities. Binding in good conditions. Inside pages are in good conditions with foxing and yellowing. In 24. Dim. 13x7,5 cm. Pp. (6)+78+from 85 to 131.