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BLUME (KARL LUDWIG) Flora Javae, 4 vol (inc new series), 1828-1858 image 1
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BLUME (KARL LUDWIG)
Flora Javae, 4 vol.(inc. Nova series), first edition, 1828-1858 (4)

10 – 20 March 2025, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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BLUME (KARL LUDWIG)

Flora Javae nec non insularum adjacentium, 3 vol., half-title, lithographed frontispiece view of Mount Gedeh, 261 lithographed and engraved plates (all but 14 hand-coloured, some double-page, a few with light spotting), one original , Brussels, J. Frank, 1828[-1851]; Flora Javae... Nova series, vol. 1 [all published], half-title, lithographed frontispiece, 70 lithographed plates (all but 10 hand-coloured, one double-page), occasional light spotting, Amsterdam, C.G. Sulpke, 1858, FIRST EDITIONS, uniform modern half morocco gilt, t.e.g., small piece of tape adhered to upper cover on one volume [Nissen BBI 174, 175; Great Flower Books, p.77], folio (440 x 290mm.) (4)

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A complete set of Blume's important Flora of Java. Blume (1796-1862) was director of the Bogor Gardens in Java, and travelled extensively throughout the region, before his appointment at the director of the Rijksherbarium in Leiden.

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