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Annales d’Horticulture et de Botanique, ou Flore des Jardins du royaume des pays-bas, et Histoire des plantes cultivées et ornementales les plus intéressantes des possessions Neerlandaises aux Indes Orientales, en Amérique et du Japon. Leiden: A.W. Sythoff, 1858-1862.
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Annales d’Horticulture et de Botanique, ou Flore des Jardins du royaume des pays-bas, et Histoire des plantes cultivées et ornementales les plus intéressantes des possessions Neerlandaises aux Indes Orientales, en Amérique et du Japon. Leiden: A.W. Sythoff, 1858-1862.
5 volumes, 4° (260 x 175 mm). Half-titles. 66 lithographic plates, 50 hand-colored, 3 tinted, 2 folding. (Some spotting, folding plate with a mostly marginal tear.) Contemporary cloth-backed boards (some light rubbing and wear).
FIRST EDITION of this periodical edited by Philipp Franz von Siebold, a German botanist noted for his study of Japanese flora and fauna, and Willem Hendrik de Vriese, the noted Dutch botanist. Nissen calls for 62 lithographic plates. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one other copy has sold in the last 30 years: Christie’s London, 26 October 1988, lot 358. Nissen BBI 2211; Sabin 1580; Stafleu-Cowan TL5, p.587.
5 volumes, 4° (260 x 175 mm). Half-titles. 66 lithographic plates, 50 hand-colored, 3 tinted, 2 folding. (Some spotting, folding plate with a mostly marginal tear.) Contemporary cloth-backed boards (some light rubbing and wear).
FIRST EDITION of this periodical edited by Philipp Franz von Siebold, a German botanist noted for his study of Japanese flora and fauna, and Willem Hendrik de Vriese, the noted Dutch botanist. Nissen calls for 62 lithographic plates. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one other copy has sold in the last 30 years: Christie’s London, 26 October 1988, lot 358. Nissen BBI 2211; Sabin 1580; Stafleu-Cowan TL5, p.587.