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REICHENBACH, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig. Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae, simul pedemontanae, tirolensis, istriacae, dalmaticae, austriacae, . . . belgicae, hollandicae, ergo mediae europae. Leipzig an Gera: Friedrich Hofmeister, Ambrose Abel and Friedrich de Zezschwitz, 1850-1837-1909.
24 volumes only, in 23, 4° (285 x 215mm and 308 x 220mm). 3,312 hand-coloured engraved and lithographic plates by C. H. Schnorr and others after his own drawings and those of H. G. L. and H. G. Reichenbach, G. Beck v. Mannagetta, F. G. Kohl and J. Poell. (Lacking volume XXV, and plates 72-82 from volume VII, text lightly spotted, often spreading to first few plates in each volume, occasional very light soiling.) Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt (spines of vols. I-XXI faded to brown, extremities a little rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Frederick DuCane Godman (armorial bookplate). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
A FINE SET OF REICHENBACH'S COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON THE FLORA OF MIDDLE EUROPE. Volume I is, as often, the second edition of 1850; volumes II-XXIV are first editions. All are Stafleu's issue 'a', with coloured plates and Latin text. Volume XIX is Stafleu's issue 1, by H. G. Riechenbach, dated 1860, rather than the 1904-11 reissue. From volume XIII/XIV onwards, the work was written by H. G. L. Reichenbach's son, H. G. Reichenbach, and was continued by Dr. G. E. Beck von Mannagetta for volume XXII and XXIV-XXV. Volume XXIII was undertaken by F. G. Kohl. The work has a complicated publishing history, and, as Stafleu notes, the numbers of plates in each volume varies. This copy generally tallies with Stafleu, and with the collation in Great Flower Books. Like the latter, it includes three plates not in Stafleu: vol. IX, 324b and vol. XXII, 189* and 195*. It lacks the unnumbered asterisked plate referred to by Stafleu in part 10 of the volume (plates 221-271). Stafleu TL2 8885; Great Flower Books p. 73; Nissen BBI 1604. (23)
24 volumes only, in 23, 4° (285 x 215mm and 308 x 220mm). 3,312 hand-coloured engraved and lithographic plates by C. H. Schnorr and others after his own drawings and those of H. G. L. and H. G. Reichenbach, G. Beck v. Mannagetta, F. G. Kohl and J. Poell. (Lacking volume XXV, and plates 72-82 from volume VII, text lightly spotted, often spreading to first few plates in each volume, occasional very light soiling.) Contemporary dark green half morocco gilt (spines of vols. I-XXI faded to brown, extremities a little rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Frederick DuCane Godman (armorial bookplate). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
A FINE SET OF REICHENBACH'S COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON THE FLORA OF MIDDLE EUROPE. Volume I is, as often, the second edition of 1850; volumes II-XXIV are first editions. All are Stafleu's issue 'a', with coloured plates and Latin text. Volume XIX is Stafleu's issue 1, by H. G. Riechenbach, dated 1860, rather than the 1904-11 reissue. From volume XIII/XIV onwards, the work was written by H. G. L. Reichenbach's son, H. G. Reichenbach, and was continued by Dr. G. E. Beck von Mannagetta for volume XXII and XXIV-XXV. Volume XXIII was undertaken by F. G. Kohl. The work has a complicated publishing history, and, as Stafleu notes, the numbers of plates in each volume varies. This copy generally tallies with Stafleu, and with the collation in Great Flower Books. Like the latter, it includes three plates not in Stafleu: vol. IX, 324b and vol. XXII, 189* and 195*. It lacks the unnumbered asterisked plate referred to by Stafleu in part 10 of the volume (plates 221-271). Stafleu TL2 8885; Great Flower Books p. 73; Nissen BBI 1604. (23)