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HUMBOLDT (FRIEDRICH W.H.A. VON), A.J.A. BONPLAND, AND C.S. KUNTH. Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. Sixieme Partie, Botanique. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, 7 vol., Paris, sumptibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, [later: J. Smith, apud Gide filium], 1815-1825
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HUMBOLDT (FRIEDRICH W.H.A. VON), A.J.A. BONPLAND, AND C.S. KUNTH.
Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. Sixieme Partie, Botanique. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, 7 vol., 714 engraved plates (including the "bis" plates), all but 2 HAND-COLOURED, some spotting and toning (mostly to text, most plates unaffected), library blind-stamps on lower right corner of plates, modern brown half morocco, some rubbing and wear, a.e.g [Great Flower Books 1990, pp.104; Nissen BBI 954; Sabin 33761], folio (520 x 350mm.), Paris, sumptibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, [later: J. Smith, apud Gide filium], 1815-1825
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THE COMPLETE NOVA GENERA ET SPECIES PLANTARUM SECTION FROM THIS MONUMENTAL WORK, which contained descriptions of over 4500 species of plants collected by Humboldt and Bonpland in South America and Mexico.
Provenance: Conte di Aquila, bookplates; Liverpool Free Public Library, bookplates, stamps on verso of titles and library blind-stamps on plates (mostly unobtrusive); Sotheby's, 30 November 1995, lot 26.

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