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IMPORTANT BOTANICAL BOOKS FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN
SALM-REIFFERSCHEIDT-DYCK, Joseph Fürst von (1773-1861). Monographia generum Aloes et Mesembryanthemi. [Düsseldorf: Arnz and] Bonn: Cohen, 1836-63.
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SALM-REIFFERSCHEIDT-DYCK, Joseph Fürst von (1773-1861). Monographia generum Aloes et Mesembryanthemi. [Düsseldorf: Arnz and] Bonn: Cohen, 1836-63.
7 parts in 3 volumes, 4° (319 x 235 mm). 352 lithographic plates, some double-page or folding, partially hand-colored. (Some foxing and staining, a few plates and leaves with marginal tears, a few repaired, some plates shaved catching image or caption, a few leaves short.) 19th-century leather-backed marbled boards (extremities rubbed, one text leaf disbound vol.3, corners bumped).
FIRST EDITION. A foundation work on succulents, based upon the author's collection of live specimens at Schloss Dyck which was unrivalled at the time. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only three copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years. Great Flower Books, p. 74; Nissen BBI 1720; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.129; Stearn in Cactus Journal 7, pp. 33-44 and 66-85.
7 parts in 3 volumes, 4° (319 x 235 mm). 352 lithographic plates, some double-page or folding, partially hand-colored. (Some foxing and staining, a few plates and leaves with marginal tears, a few repaired, some plates shaved catching image or caption, a few leaves short.) 19th-century leather-backed marbled boards (extremities rubbed, one text leaf disbound vol.3, corners bumped).
FIRST EDITION. A foundation work on succulents, based upon the author's collection of live specimens at Schloss Dyck which was unrivalled at the time. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only three copies of this work have appeared at auction in the last 35 years. Great Flower Books, p. 74; Nissen BBI 1720; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.129; Stearn in Cactus Journal 7, pp. 33-44 and 66-85.