Monandrian Plants of the Order Scitamineae, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the Botanic Garden at Liverpool

by William Roscoe

$16,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Modern green half morocco, leaves uncut, marbled endpapers A fine copy of this spectacular work, limited to 150 copies. Roscoe was a banker from Liverpool and supporter of the liberal arts. The present work, his masterpiece, was originally issued in 15 parts, and is focused on a selection that is now considered part of the Zingiberales order of flowering plants. The order, which is almost exclusively tropical in origin, includes the canna lilies, arrowroot, ginger

• Binding: Leather

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