BUXBAUM, J.C. Plantarum minus cognitarum Centuria I (-IV) complectens Plantas circa Byzantium & in Oriente observatas. Petropoli, Typographia Academiae, 1728-1733. 4 parts (bound in 1 volume). 4to. (I) pp. (12), 48, with 65 engraved plates; (II) pp. (2), 46, (2), with 50 engraved plates; (III) pp. (2), 42, (2), with 74 engraved plates; (IV) pp. (4), 40, with 66 engraved plates on 39 leaves.

Five parts were published of which we offer the first four. Copies with all the 5 parts are very rare and Brunet I, 1432 says the following of this work: "On ne trouve pas facilement cet ouvrage complet".

An important pre-Linnaean flora giving the first descriptions of the plants of the coastal lands of the Black Sea, Asia Minor, and Armenia. Buxbaum, of German origin, accompanied Count Romansov on a mission to Constantinople, and travelled extensively in Asia Minor. He was later summoned to St. Petersburg by Peter the Great.

Nissen BBI, 309; Pritzel 1407.