Bentham´s Hong Kong flora 1861
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450 SEK
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1 500 SEK
Description
BENTHAM´S HONG KONG FLORA 1861. BENTHAM, GEORGE. Flora Hongkongensis: A Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Island of Hongkong. With a Map of the Island. London, Lovell Reeve, 1861.
8vo. 222 x 144 mm. 20, LII, 482 pp. 1 engraved map.
Bound together with: HANCE, HENRY FLETCHER. Florae Hongkongensis [prostheké = in Greek letters]: A Compendious Supplement to Bentham´s Description of the Plants of the Island of Hong Kong. Reprinted, by permission, from the Journal of the Linnean Society. London, L. Reeve, 1872.
8vo. [Measures as above]. (2), 7-59, (1 blank, 2), 16 pp. Worn and rebacked green cloth, repaired inner hinges, front fly leaf loose. Bookplate and blind stamps of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, New York, traces of label on rear board inside.
Bentham in first edition.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Condition
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Auktionsnummer:
571522
Date:
2018-09-25