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MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON) Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, Munich, for the Author, 1827 [but 1828-1834] image 1
MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON) Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, Munich, for the Author, 1827 [but 1828-1834] image 2
MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON) Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, Munich, for the Author, 1827 [but 1828-1834] image 3
MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON) Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, Munich, for the Author, 1827 [but 1828-1834] image 4
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MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON)
Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, Munich, 1827 [but 1828-1834]

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MARTIUS (CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON)

Icones selectae plantarum cryptogamicarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII - MDCCCXX, FIRST EDITION, half-title, 78 mostly hand-coloured lithographed plates (including plates 27 and 28 in 2 state, some double-page, small stamp on all plates), occasional faint occasional spotting, modern half calf, gilt title on spine, rubbed [Nissen BBI 1287; Stafleu TL 25526], large 4to , Munich, for the Author, 1827 [but 1828-1834]

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Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund 1881, bookplate; Christie's, 25 October 1989, lot 207.

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