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BLANCO (FRANCISCO MANUEL) Flora de Filipinas, DELUXE EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, Manila, Establecimiento Tipografico de Plana y Ca, 1877-1880
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THE DELUXE EDITION, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, AND THE FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. This rare and monumental work marks the beginning of botanical illustration in the Philippines, describing the flowers, fruits, and trees of the area. Flora Filipinas was first published in Manila in a small quarto volume in 1837, while a second edition was published in 1845, both of which were not illustrated. For this 1877 illustrated edition, Blanco's text was expanded and amended. It was issued in two formats: an economy edition, with the plates uncoloured and numbered, and the present limited deluxe edition ("edicion de lujo" as stated in the engraved title page), with coloured plates.

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