Karl Heinrich Gustav Hermann Karsten

Florae Columbiae terrarumque adiacentium specimina selecta. Berlin: Successors of Ferdinand Duemmler, 1858-1861

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (500 x 350mm.), dedication, 200 hand-coloured lithographed plates, nineteenth-century green half morocco gilt, occasional spotting and paper toning

RARE AND FINE WORK ON COLUMBIAN BOTANY.

This large-scale South American flora is rarely seen at auction. Rare Book Hub records only thr🐬ee copies since 1958.

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 62; Nissen BBI 1029; Sabin 37104; Stafleu TL2 3523