Lot 142
Botany.- Japan.- Franchet (A.) and L.Savatier. Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia sponte crescentium, 2 vol., signed presentation inscription by Savatier 'à monsieur Roux, Pharmacien [...], Savatier', Paris, 1875-79.
Hammer Price: £240
Description
Botany.- Japan.- Franchet (A.) and L.Savatier. Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia sponte crescentium, 2 vol., signed presentation inscription by Savatier 'à monsieur Roux, Pharmacien [...], Savatier' to vol.2 p.1, old library stamps to titles and a few other leaves, contemporary morocco-backed boards, gilt spines, [Stafleu & Cowan 1844], 8vo, Paris, 1875-79.
⁂ Rare at auction; we can trace no record of sale in the past 60 years. This work is the third important western publication on the flora of Japan after Thunberg's Flora Japonica and Von Siebold's Flora Japonica. It is the first major botanical work on Japan after the opening of Japan in 1854.
Description
Botany.- Japan.- Franchet (A.) and L.Savatier. Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia sponte crescentium, 2 vol., signed presentation inscription by Savatier 'à monsieur Roux, Pharmacien [...], Savatier' to vol.2 p.1, old library stamps to titles and a few other leaves, contemporary morocco-backed boards, gilt spines, [Stafleu & Cowan 1844], 8vo, Paris, 1875-79.
⁂ Rare at auction; we can trace no record of sale in the past 60 years. This work is the third important western publication on the flora of Japan after Thunberg's Flora Japonica and Von Siebold's Flora Japonica. It is the first major botanical work on Japan after the opening of Japan in 1854.
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