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Popular History of the Palms and their Allies,

containing a familiar account of their structure, geographical and geographical distribution, history, properties, and uses, and a complete list of all the species introduced into our gardens.

Stock Code 99113

London, Lovell Reeve, 1856

Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00
Original price £750.00
£750.00
£750.00 - £750.00
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This attractive work features palms chiefly from the United States, and Central and South America, all set against their natural backgrounds.

Berthold Carl Seemann (1825-1871) was a German botanist and botannical collector who travelled widely. He became the botanist for the expedition of H. M. S. Herald (1845-1851) on the recommendation of Sir William Hooker and during the expedition, he collected many specimens along the western coast of North and South America. In the 1860s he then returned to Central and South America to study botany in greater detail. He eventually died in Nicaragua in 1871.

First edition, 8vo (16 x 13 cm), 20 chromolithographed plates including frontispiece; full contemporary calf gilt, spine richly gilt, red morocco label, raised bands, with fine marbled endpaper and matching edges; xvi, 359 pp, some very minor spotting to endpapers,very minor scratch to label; else a very good copy.

Pritzel 8577; Not in Nissen.
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Popular History of the Palms and their Allies,

SEEMANN, B[erthold].

Stock code: 99113

£750.00

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