First edition of the most important 18th-century work on the flora of the Alsace, in the northeast of France. It is a beautifully printed catalogue of the plants in the region, in alphabetical order, complete with seven highly detailed copper-engraved folding plates. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) has quoted it in his own work and was known to own a copy of it.
Although the work is pre-Linnaean, it is still of interest as a record of the plants that existed in the Alsace in the late 18th century, as it describes each plant in great detail. The text contains many interesting facts on the distribution, folklore, medicinal and practical use of these plants and gives their names in French, German and Latin. Most of the engraved plates are signed by German engravers Johann Striedbeck (1666-1714), A. D. Danneker (dates unknown), who can be found in Thieme/Becker under Dannegger, and I. M. Weis (dates unknown).
With an ownership annotation at the verso of the first flyleaf ("phifig. ... .... A. Bot. n°. 395. Wetlauw."). The joints are slightly weakened. The editor's preface has been mis-bound at the end of the work, in the index. The leaves are somewhat browned throughout, with some leaves more affected than others, missing the two final blank leaves. Otherwise in very good condition. Nissen, BBI, 1274; Pritzel 5794; Stafleu & Cowan 5369; STCN 315394420 (4 copies); cf. Thieme/Becker 8, p. 371.