Lot 26
[FLORA]. A group of 10 works, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[FLORA]. A group of 10 works, including:
TORREY, John. A Flora of North America. NY et al, 1838-1840. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. Provenance: Edward Read Memminger (1856-1949), botanist (signatures, 1888). -- RALFS, John. The British Desmidieae. London, 1848. Provenance: Charles Atwood Kofoid (1865–1947), American zoologist (bookplate). -- WALTON, Elijah. Flowers of the Upper Alps. London, 1869. -- NUTTALL, Thomas. The Genera of North American Plants… to the Year 1817. Philadelphia, 1818. 2 volumes in one. Later quarter morocco. -- BIGELOW, Jacob, Florula Bostoniensis. Boston, 1824. Original boards, later quarter cloth. Second edition. -- And 5 others. Together, 10 works in 12 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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