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Diedrich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794-1866)

ADUMBRATIONES PLANTARUM Fasciculus I-V (1825-1832) "Sketches of Plants, files 1-5"

Published: Apud Ferdinand Dümmler, Berolini (Berlin),

Edition: First Edition

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Schlechtendal's Sketches of Plants, complete in five separate parts.

56pp. Continuous pagination. 30 plates. Text in Latin.

No general title page. Catalogued from cover. First part has title page.

Section prima. Adumbratio filicum in Promontorio Bonae Spei provenientium.

"Contains excellent figures of Cape ferns. The work having been abandoned before its conclusion there is no title page or index". - P. Macowen & H. Bolus, Catalogue of printed books and papers relating to South Africa. Pt. I. Botany. p.66)

All five parts are complete and in good condition with an old, light semi-circular damp mark on the fore edge. Comes with the original, contemporary half-vellum file holder.

  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 4to.
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
  • Contact Person: Armandt Marais
  • Country: South Africa
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