Ceylon, 19th century, 2 vol.
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CEYLON, 19TH CENTURY (2). MOON, ALEXANDER. A Catalogue of the Indigenous and Exotic Plants Growing in Ceylon, Distinguishing the Several Esculent Vegetables, Fruits, Roots and Grains, Together with a Sketch of The Divisions of Genera and Spoecies in Use Amongst the Singhalese. Also an Outline of the Linnaean Sexual System of Botany: in the English and Singhalese Languages. For the Use of the Singhalese. Colombo, printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press, 1824.
4to. 315 x 235 mm. (4), 3, (1 blank), 9, (1 blank), 77, (1 blank), 41, (1 blank), 8, 22, (10) pp. Worn later half calf with raised bands, gilt spine and marbled boards. Bound upside-down. Worming and and paper repairs throughout. Occasional losses of text. Owners´ inscriptions and stamps on title.
Together with: (WALL, GEORGE). Ceylon: Her Present Condition: Revenues, Taxes and Expenditure. Described in a Series of Letters Addressed to "The Ceylon Observer" by "Speculum". Colombo, Observer Press, 1868.
8vo. 175 x 120 mm. (2), II, (2 blank), 183 pp. Worn grey later clothspine with label of red label (J. A. Martin, Sydney). Worming in margin throughout, some foxing. Title leaf loose and foxed. Stamps of the Royal Institution of South Wales. Exlibris of Brendon Gooneratne.
2 volumes in all.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Alexander Moon became the first director of Peardeniya´s Royal Botanical Garden (created by Joseph Banks) in 1821 and published the first botanical list of the exhibits in 1824.
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Auktionsnummer:
802961
Datum:
2020-08-30