Plantæ Javanicæ Rariores, descriptæ iconibusque illustratæ, quas in insula Java, annis 1802-1818, legit et investigavit

by Thomas Horsfield, John Joseph Bennett, Robert Brown

$9,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary green half morocco, gilt, marbled boards A fine copy of this rare work on the most botanically interesting plants on the island of Java: this is the deluxe hand-coloured issue of this spectacular record of the findings of the first American to carry out scientific research in Southeast Asia. This work was published in four parts over an unusually extended period which has meant that complete copies are now rare. Lowndes notes that parts I-III were

• Binding: Leather

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