ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WORKS ON PLANTS IN DANISH
(HEGER, JENS STEPHAN).
Afbildninger af danske oeconomiske Planter, med Beskrivelse over deres Egenskaber og Anvendelse. I Systematisk Orden efter Professor og Ridder Hornemann's danske oeconomiske Plantelære. 3 vols. (+) Afbildninger i Særdeleshed af de vigtigste vildvoksende Giftplanter med Beskrivelse over deres Virkning paa Mennesker og Dyr.
Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), C. Steens Forlag, 1828 - 1835 & 1827.
8vo. Three parts uniformly bound in three contemporary (original?) full cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Extremities with soiling and hinges on vol. 1 partly split. Bookblock split between quires in a few places but internally generally very nice and clean. (Afbildninger af danske oeconomiske Planter:) 288 plates; (Giftplanter:) 40 plates, all handcoloured. Each plate with an accompanying leaf with text. Complete.
First edition of this extensive botanical work, widely regarded as being of the most beautiful work on plants in Danish. Heger's books were published in collaboration with the bookseller and publisher Christian Steen (1786–1861), one of the first to operate a children's and picture book publishing firm on a larger scale. Steen made significant investments in lithographic reproductions of art and was a pioneer in terms of maps and atlases. Steen was not afraid to take on major tasks such as Heger's flora, and he was able to carry out all the work on them within the publishing house's walls. The copper plates were engraved under his supervision, printed on his presses, and colored by his employees. Later, he expanded the company with both a paper mill and a type foundry. Steen's editions of Heger's botanical works are still considered among the most beautiful Danish botanical books. Biblioteca Danica. I, 826.
Nissen BBI 837.
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