First published 1709, in Zurich

Title page printed in red and black, with engraved vignette

Added engraved t.p. reads: Herbarium diluvianum collectum à Johannes Jacobo Scheuchzero ...

The vignette on the added engraved t.p. is signed: Joh. Melch. Füssli delineavit; Joh. Hen. Huber sculp

The frontispiece portrait was illustrated by Füssli, and engraved by Jos. Nutting

Each plate has a caption dedicated to a different individual

Head- and tail-pieces; initial; side-notes

Errata: p. [4] (4th group)

Publisher's advertisement on final p

Signatures: *²A-PQ²(Q2 missigned P2)

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. aufl.)

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit.

Johnston, S.H. Cleveland collections

Hunt botanical cat.

Pritzel (2nd ed.)

Schuh, C.P. Mineralogy & crystallography biobibliography (draft)

SCDIRB and SCNHRB have one copy each. The Dibner copy has the added engraved title leaf bound in after the dedicatory leaf; the Cullman copy has the added engraved title leaf bound in after the frontispiece portrait

SCDIRB copy 39088006034094 has bookplates: 1. (Armorial) Harry Arnold Arnbarrow, with motto: Ut vivas vigila, and shelfmark: H53; 2. Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner

SCDIRB copy has (a 19th century?) embossed brown cloth binding with gilt-tooled spine

SCNHRB copy 39088015314552 has bookplate: Library of R.D. Lacoe, for the promotion of research in paleobotany and paleozoology. Return to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. A slip of paper with the stamped number "32476" (accession no.?) is tipped in on the back paste-down endpaper

SCNHRB copy has an old burgundy quarter-leather binding with marbled paper boards; a modern handwritten title label is taped on the spine

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