Lot 34
Botany.- Asia.- Blume (Carl Ludwig) Flora Javæ nec non Insularum Adjacentium, 10 parts, Brussels, 1828-51.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Botany.- Asia.- Blume (Carl Ludwig) Flora Javæ nec non Insularum Adjacentium, 10 parts, lithograph frontispiece and 238 lithograph plates, of which 224 are finely hand-coloured (some double-page), without the 23 'Planches inédites' published posthumously between 1862-97, some foxing and slight staining, mostly confined to text, loose as issued, original wrappers, rebacked, some repaired, 'Monsieur Decaisne de la part de C.L. Blume' ink inscription to 1 upper wrapper, edges uncut, preserved in modern red morocco-backed drop-back boxes, housed in red cloth slip-case, [Nissen BBI 174; Stafleu & Cowan 563], folio, Brussels, 1828-51.
⁂ Rare and magnificent work on the flora of Java.
It is the only major work on the flora of the Dutch East Indies of the 19th century. Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862) was a German born Dutch botanist who travelled and worked in Java where he was the first director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden and later became director of the Leiden Rijksherbarium.
Description
Botany.- Asia.- Blume (Carl Ludwig) Flora Javæ nec non Insularum Adjacentium, 10 parts, lithograph frontispiece and 238 lithograph plates, of which 224 are finely hand-coloured (some double-page), without the 23 'Planches inédites' published posthumously between 1862-97, some foxing and slight staining, mostly confined to text, loose as issued, original wrappers, rebacked, some repaired, 'Monsieur Decaisne de la part de C.L. Blume' ink inscription to 1 upper wrapper, edges uncut, preserved in modern red morocco-backed drop-back boxes, housed in red cloth slip-case, [Nissen BBI 174; Stafleu & Cowan 563], folio, Brussels, 1828-51.
⁂ Rare and magnificent work on the flora of Java.
It is the only major work on the flora of the Dutch East Indies of the 19th century. Karl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862) was a German born Dutch botanist who travelled and worked in Java where he was the first director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Garden and later became director of the Leiden Rijksherbarium.
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