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THUNBERG, CARL PETER. Icones Plantarum Japonicarum. Upsala, 1794-1805. 5 parts in one vol., folio, 372 x 246 mm., half cloth; light browning. FIRST EDITION, titles to each decade, 50 engraved plates.
The first European illustrations of Japanese plants apart from Kaempfer. It illustrates several Japanese species of Acer, including the highly variable Acer palmatum, for the first time. Hunt 736; Nissen BBI 1960; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14364.
Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie, Horticultural Society of N.Y., bookplate.
The first European illustrations of Japanese plants apart from Kaempfer. It illustrates several Japanese species of Acer, including the highly variable Acer palmatum, for the first time. Hunt 736; Nissen BBI 1960; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14364.
Provenance: Kenneth K. Mackenzie, Horticultural Society of N.Y., bookplate.