Pontedera, Anthologia, sive de floris natura 1720

BOTANY. PONTEDERA, GIULIO. Anthologia, sive de floris natura libri tres plurimis inventis, observationibusque, ... dissertationes XI... in horto publico patavino anno 1719. Patavia (Padua) typis Seminarii, apud J. Manfré, 1720.4to (250x175 mm). (24), 303, (1 blank); (12), 296, (55, 1 blank) pp. 12 folding engraved botanical plates (all). Contemporary half vellum, worn, spine with green label, partly damaged, spine heavily wormed, cracks in joints. Title with black owner stamp probably from a from a convent library, some foxing. With signature of Sten Lindroth in pencil on first free endpaper.Pritzel 7265, not in Nissen. First edition.Julius or Giulio Pontedera (1688-1757), Italian botanist born in Pisa, professor of botany in Padua. Linnaeus named the genus Pontederia after him. This is Pontedera's major work, mostly dealing with the non-sexuality of plants.Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.