Medicinal plants of Mauritius 1864
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MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MAURITIUS 1864. BOUTON, LOUIS. Plantes médicinales de Maurice. (Deuxième édition). Port Louis, E. Dupuy et P. Dubois, 1864.
8vo. 213 x 140 mm. (4), V, (1 blank), 147 pp. Somewhat worn contemporary half calf with gilt swpine with raised bands, cloth boards and marbled edges. A few leaves with paper-repairs, but no losses of text. Olof H. Sellings signature, dated Adelaide 1949, on front board inside.
Printed in April 1864.
Louis Bouton (1799 or 1800-1878) was born and raised on Mauritius. A naturalist and collector, he was one of the founders in 1830 of the Société d´Histoire naturelle de l´île Maurice.
Olof Selling (1917-2012), Swedish paleobotanist. His doctoral dissertation on Hawaiian paleobotany appeared in 1948. He was at the center of one of Sweden´s nastiest most long-lived academic conflicts.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
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Auktionsnummer:
517642
Datum:
2018-02-18