MARTIUS, KARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON and JOSEPH GERHARD ZUCCARINI. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII--MDCCCXX...collegit et descripsit. Munich [1823-] 1824-29 [-1832]. 3 vols., folio, 345 x 374 mm. (13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.), contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt, yellow green-sprinkled edges, extremities rubbed, a few small abrasions to covers and spines, inner hinges split, lacking 28 plates (pls. 264, 273-77, and 279-300) and general title, quarter-inch tears at mount edges of 5 folding plates, top edge of pl. 93 very slightly shaved, occasional light mostly marginal foxing, particularly in vol. 1, a few plates in vol. 3 a trifle discolored. FIRST EDITION, additional engraved titles, half-titles, 272 (of 300) lithographed plates by T. Bischoff, S. Minsinger, and others, of which 6 folding, all but 7 hand-colored. Borba de Moraes p. 524; Dunthorne 192; Great Flower Books, p. 66; Nissen BBI 1288; Sabin 44989; Stafleu TL-2 5519.