Neue Arten von Pelargonien deutschen Ursprunges : als Beytrag zu Rob. Sweet's Geraniaceen mit Abbildungen und Beschreibungen. 6 volumes. First editions.
Wien: Tendler und v. Manstein & In Commission bey C. Schaumburg, 1825-1843. 8vo. 14.5 x 23.5cm. Contemporary marbled boards with leather labels. Vols. 1-5 uniformly bound; vol. 6 slightly different.Edges and corners with wear.
First edition, 264 hand-colored engraved plates on 203 leaves after drawings by Franz Blascheck.........
One of Trattinnick’s rarest works with an extra unrecorded plate. Intended as a supplement to Sweet’s Geraniaceae. Stafleu (and others) state that plate 197 and its accompanying text leaf were not published, but both are present in this copy, and have been tipped in at the appropriate place. This plate is lithographed rather than engraved......
"Between 1825 and 1834, four volumes of 'Neue Arten von Pelargonien deutschen Ursprunges' were published. They described 400 hybrids of Pelargoniums from Germany, all of which were named or renamed in Latin.Before 1843 he published 2 more volumes of the same title. Which included 264 illustrations, as a full-page engraving which was hand-colored. In his later publications, some of the plants were illustrated by single flowers and several plants were included on a page."
Nissen, BBI 1991; Stafleu TL2 14.889; Pritzel 9450; Belder 361
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
9411008. Item #16-5687
Price: $9,500.00