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TRIMEN, HENRY. A Hand-book to the flora of Ceylon. London: 1893-1900. 6 vols. only (including plate vol., lacking supplement), 8vo, 220 x 135mm., and large 4to, 308 x 250mm., text vols.: original cloth, plate vol.: contemporary roan-backed boards, some light soiling or scuffing, some browning to contents. FIRST EDITION. 2 folding maps, 100 hand-colored lithographed plates (8 double-page). Nissen BBI 2001; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 15.157. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- WILLIS, J.C. and A.M. SMITH. Corrections and Additions to Trimen's "Flora of Ceylon", 1893-1911. [n.p.: 1911]. 8vo, 245 x 160mm., original wrappers stitched into contemporary boards. An offprint from the Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 15.157. KKM/HSNY, bookplate. (7)