H.L. Ludwig Reichenbach

Flora exotica. Die Prachtpflanzen des Auslandes, in naturgetreuen Abbildungen. Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister, 1834-1836

FIRST EDITION, 5 volumes, 4to (350 x 265mm.), 360 lithographed plates, nineteenth-century cloth, inkstamp to title, some paper toning and offsetting

Based on van Geel's Sertum Botanicum (Brussels, 1827-32), with the German text by Reichenbach. A valuable contemporary record of recently introduced ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowering plants, overseen by the "Société de Botanistes," and reflecting the growing strength of botanical research in Belgium at this𓂃 period.

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 73; Nissen BBI 1601; Stafleu TL2 8883