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[BEECHEY, Frederick W. (1796-1856).] HOOKER, William and ARNOTT, G.A. The Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage; comprising an Account of the Plants collected by Messrs Lay and Collie and other Officers of the Expedition. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841.
The first edition of the rare botanical report from Beechey's voyage on the Blossom, one of only 125 copies printed, according to Stafleu. Includes information on 115 species in the Avacha Bay area of Kamchatka and 235 species found in the Alaska costal area from 67°N to 71°N. Hooker was an outstanding botanist, later director of Kew Gardens. One of the plates (Phallus Damonum Rumph.) was drawn by Beechey himself. This is a handsome and large copy; RBH records no others in contemporary bindings at auction since 1964. Arctic Bib. 7393; Forbes 1282; Howes H-623, Lada-Mocarski 113; Sabin 32863; Stafleu 3001; Tourville 2173; Wickersham 815.
Quarto (270 x 210mm). 100 lithographed plates (intermittent foxing). Contemporary half morocco gilt, edges gilt (mild rubbing). Provenance: Sherborne Library (armorial binding, bookplate) – Kenneth K. Mackenzie to the Horticultural Society of New York (presentation bookplate) – Antiquariat Botanicum.
The first edition of the rare botanical report from Beechey's voyage on the Blossom, one of only 125 copies printed, according to Stafleu. Includes information on 115 species in the Avacha Bay area of Kamchatka and 235 species found in the Alaska costal area from 67°N to 71°N. Hooker was an outstanding botanist, later director of Kew Gardens. One of the plates (Phallus Damonum Rumph.) was drawn by Beechey himself. This is a handsome and large copy; RBH records no others in contemporary bindings at auction since 1964. Arctic Bib. 7393; Forbes 1282; Howes H-623, Lada-Mocarski 113; Sabin 32863; Stafleu 3001; Tourville 2173; Wickersham 815.
Quarto (270 x 210mm). 100 lithographed plates (intermittent foxing). Contemporary half morocco gilt, edges gilt (mild rubbing). Provenance: Sherborne Library (armorial binding, bookplate) – Kenneth K. Mackenzie to the Horticultural Society of New York (presentation bookplate) – Antiquariat Botanicum.