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PEYRITSCH, Johann Joseph (1835-1889). Aroidae Maximilianae, die auf der Reise Sr. Majestät des Kaisers Maximilian I, nach Brasilien gesammelten Arongewächse nach handschriftlichen Aufzeichnungen von H. Schott. Vienna: Carl Gerhold, 1879.
2o (608 x 435 mm). Half-title. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 42 plates. (Some light spotting.) Original boards (rebacked). Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1880; stamps).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS MAGNIFICENT MONOGRAPH ON AROIDS, based on the specimens collected by the Maximilian expedition to Brazil, 1859-1860, and is described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (see lot 114 for one of Schott's books on the subject). "Schott worked only with the living plants brought back by the expedition and grown in Schönbrunn" (Stafleu). These are among the finest of chromolithographic plates. Nissen BBI 1523; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 7808.
2o (608 x 435 mm). Half-title. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 42 plates. (Some light spotting.) Original boards (rebacked). Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1880; stamps).
FIRST EDITION OF THIS MAGNIFICENT MONOGRAPH ON AROIDS, based on the specimens collected by the Maximilian expedition to Brazil, 1859-1860, and is described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (see lot 114 for one of Schott's books on the subject). "Schott worked only with the living plants brought back by the expedition and grown in Schönbrunn" (Stafleu). These are among the finest of chromolithographic plates. Nissen BBI 1523; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 7808.