Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, in qua ad Linnaeanum systema determinatae descriptaeque sistuntur plantae illae, quas in insulis Martinica, Jamaica, Domingo aliisque et in vicinae continentis parte, observavit rariores; adjectis iconibus ad autoris archetypa pictis. First edition. Incomplete.
[Vindobonae (Vienna): ex officina Krausiana 1763 ]. [6], 284, [14]pp. With 48 (of 184) plates. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and leather label, rubbed. 23 x 35.5 cm (14x9"), First Edition. The plates are not in order. Some plates are mounted on hinges and some have been removed from the hinges; lacking the title page but with the dedication page to Francisco I. Romanorum Imperatori (Francis I the Holy Roman Emperor).
The fruits of Jacquin's expedition to the Americas, and a collection of botanical studies of the Caribbean....Blunt pp. 171-172; Dunthorne 148; Hunt 579; Nissen, BBI 979; Pritzel 4362; Sabin 35521; Stafleu-Cowan 3243. Item #51-4897
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