Flora Atlantica, sive Historia plantarum, quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt.Paris, L. G. Desgranges, Imprimerie Panckoucke, 1798-1799 (anno sexto). 3 parts in 2 volumes. 4to. With "261" [=263] numbered, full-page, engraved plates. Late 19th-century black morocco.
DESFONTAINES, René Louiche. · 1750 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
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[6], XX, 444; 458 pp.First edition of an important and richly illustrated botanical work on flowering plants from Algeria and Tunisia, with 300 genera that were completely new to science at the time. The highly detailed engravings are incredibly crisp and clear. These plates h...