1. [Huber, Daniel] Tournefort, J. Pitton de.

Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs de Paris, avec leur usages dans la Médecine. [Avec “Table des noms Latins des Plantes”].

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1698. Small-Octavo (10 cm x 17 cm). [28], 543, [9] pages. Hardcover / Original, early 18th-century full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with some minor signs of wear only. From the library of swiss mathematician and astronomer Daniel Huber with at least two very minor manuscript annotations/corrections to the text. Subsequently this book was owned by the “Naturwissenschaftliche Museum in Basel”. Tournefort was notably the first to coin the term “Herbarium”.