Sale 8009
New York, East
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5 June 1997
Price realised
USD 3,680
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WAWRA, HEINRICH, RITTER VON FERNSEE. Itinera principum S. Coburgi. Die botanische Ausbeute von den Reisen ihrer Hoheiten der Prinzen von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. Vienna: 1883-1888. 2 vols., large 4to, 350 x 270 mm., contemporary cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled, occasional light spotting to plates. FIRST EDITION. 57 lithographed plates, 15 tinted, 42 colored (8 of these double-page). The work covers the botanical discoveries made during the tours made by various princes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha: around the world (in 1872-3) and to Brazil (in 1879). Nissen BBI 2113; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 16.847. Provenance: Robert de Belder. (2)
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