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MEYEN, Franz Julius Ferdinand (1804-1840). Reise um die Erde ausgeführt auf dem... Seehandlungs-Schiffe Prinzess Louise... in den Jahren 1830, 1831 und 1832. Berlin: Conrad Feister for C. W. Eichoff, 1834-1835.
3 volumes only (of 4, including the supplemental "zoology" volume but without the "botany" volume), 4° (253 x 200mm). Lithographic frontispiece, folding map of Chile and Peru, 2 folding diagrams, folding plan of Canton, 61 zoological plates (3 folding, 34 hand-coloured). (Some plates in the supplemental volume shaved with slight loss to the numbering, light browning to first and last few leaves in each volume.) Near-uniform half russia (supplement bound to match), spines tooled in gilt and blind. Provenance: Dr. S. Grf. Pückler-Limpurg (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. The botanical supplement containing 13 plates was published in 1843. Borba de Moraes p.570; Stafleu & Cowan 5895; Nissen ZBI 2799; Palau 167635; Sabin 48668. (3)
3 volumes only (of 4, including the supplemental "zoology" volume but without the "botany" volume), 4° (253 x 200mm). Lithographic frontispiece, folding map of Chile and Peru, 2 folding diagrams, folding plan of Canton, 61 zoological plates (3 folding, 34 hand-coloured). (Some plates in the supplemental volume shaved with slight loss to the numbering, light browning to first and last few leaves in each volume.) Near-uniform half russia (supplement bound to match), spines tooled in gilt and blind. Provenance: Dr. S. Grf. Pückler-Limpurg (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. The botanical supplement containing 13 plates was published in 1843. Borba de Moraes p.570; Stafleu & Cowan 5895; Nissen ZBI 2799; Palau 167635; Sabin 48668. (3)