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Antwerp: Joseph Jacops, 1682. 4to. (7 3/4 x 6 inches). pp. (xl), 1-74, (2), 75-296, (26). Engraved frontsipiece and coat of arms after prefatory text. 14 additional engraved plates, most are folding. Contemporary calf with raised bands in six compartments, gilt tooling, gilt title on second compartment. First edition of Sterbeeck's fascinating botanical treatise on citrus fruit, includes poetry composed in Latin and Flemish. Sterbeeck was an Antwerp-born priest and botanist who wrote the earliest work solely devoted to fungi ('Theatrum fungorum,' 1675). Sandra Raphael describes the Citricultura as follows: 'His book about citrus fruit and other exotic plants starts with five congratulatory poems, some in Flemish, some in Latin, all by various local worthies praising their friend for his achievement. The extra leaf between pages 74 and 75 contains another poem, in couplets, called "Weeninge van Adam," a lament for Eden, following a chapter of speculation on the identity of Adam's apple, the… Read More