Dedrographias, sive Historiae de Naturalis Arborisbus…

Folio, copper engraved illustration, with later, or recent coloring. Normal aging, some occasional slight staining; otherwise very good.This is a collection of eight plates. These illustrations appear to be from a first edition of a work on trees and fruit bearing trees. Jonston was a descendant of a Scottish family born in Poland. He was interested in both medicine and the natural sciences, and published a couple of major works on these subjects. These plates appear to be engraved by Mattias Merian, after Johnston's drawings.