[NATURAL HISTORY – BOTANICALS]. DU PINET, Antoine. Historia plantarum. Lyons: Gabriel Cotier, 1561. 12mo. Engraved title-page. Numerous wood-cuts throughout. (Engraved title defective and laid down, first text leaf with corner excised affecting a few letters.) Contemporary calf, central blind arabesque on sides, edges gilt and gauffered (rebacked). Provenance: Patrick Corvter (signature on final leaf dated 1705). Hunt 85. – BACON, Francis. Sylva Sylvarum. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1661. 12mo. Engraved title-page. Contemporary vellum. Williams 1264. – BOCCONE, Paolo. Sylvii Bocconis…Curiöse Anmerckungen uber ein und ander natürliche Dinge. Frankfurt and Leipzig: Michael Rohrlachs, 1697. 12mo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black. Contemporary vellum. NLM/Krivatsy 1405. [Bound with:] SPRENGER, Johann Theodor. Roma Nova. Frankfurt, 1660. Engraved title-page. BMC German S2564.