CATALOGUE OF THE AFRICAN PLANTS

Hiern (W.P.), Rendle (A.B.) et al

Description:

Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853-61.

2 volumes in 6 parts. Volume I, parts I-VI, Dicotyledons, Volume II, Part 1, Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms, Volume II, part II, Cryptogamia.

1035 + 565 pages, 8vo, brown cloth backs with cream paper sides, paper title labels on upper covers and gilt titling on the spines, an ex-library set with stamps and library labels, embossed stamp of the Colonial Office Library on the upper covers, paper covered sides soiled and several of the cloth spines are chipped, there is an indication that a paper label has been removed from the base of the spines.

Printed by Order of the Trustees, British Museum (Natural History).

Details:

  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1896-1901
  • Binding Condition: Fair
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 8vo (220 1 45 mm)
  • Lot No: 27
  • Hammer Price: $74
  • Bids: 3
  • Visits: 34
  • Estimate: $100/125
  • Reserve: $60

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