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Cosson, Ernest
Saint-Charles: Illustrationes florae atlanticae seu icones novarum,
rariorum vel minus cognitarum in Algeria necnon in regno Tunetano et imperio
Maroccano nascentium, in compendio florae atlanticae descriptarum. Paris, G. Masson, 1882, part 1, pp. 5-36. 25 fine loose delicately lithographed plates by Ch. Cuisin, folio (275 x 360 mm), unopened, printed portfolio (new spine). € 280
Blunt p. 229 mentioning this work and others as “admirable, and
from a botanical point of view beyond praise”. Fascicle 1 (only of 7 with a
total of 177 plates) of this rare work on the flora of north-west Africa.
The portfolio with title and index for this part.* Nissen BBI 416; Great flower books p. 54; Stafleu & Cowan 1245. |