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FÖRSKAL,Peter. Flora Aegyptico-Arabica, sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem, Copenhagen: Möller, 1775. Small 4°, engraved map by Peter Haas after Niebuhr (map spotted, occasional spotting to text), contemporary boards (chipped along joints and at head and tail of spine, corners bumped, small waterstain on front cover), label of 'Bibliothèque Ed. Bonnet'; a few old manuscript annotations. FIRST EDITION. Plesch 264; Pritzel 2969.
A large amount of Arabian plants are described for the first time in Förskal's work. Förskal was a pupil of Linnaeus and travelled out with a major research voyage to Arabia in January 1761. He died of malaria at Jerim, Yemen, in July 1763, having completed his work on the botany of Arabia. It was seen through press by Carl Niebuhr who was the only surviving member of the expedition.
A large amount of Arabian plants are described for the first time in Förskal's work. Förskal was a pupil of Linnaeus and travelled out with a major research voyage to Arabia in January 1761. He died of malaria at Jerim, Yemen, in July 1763, having completed his work on the botany of Arabia. It was seen through press by Carl Niebuhr who was the only surviving member of the expedition.
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