Sale: 366 / Rare Books including Marine Art, May 17./18. 2010 in Hamburg Lot 1409

 
Adolf Engler - Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 21 Bde. (1897)


1409
Adolf Engler
Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 21 Bde. (1897)
Estimate:
€ 250 / $ 270
Sold:
€ 528 / $ 570

(incl. surcharge)
Engler, A. Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen. 4 parts with index and addenda vols. in together 21 vols. With very many woodcut illustrations and some plates. Leipzig, W. Engelmann1889-1909. Orig. half calf with 2 labels in colors and rich gilt spine. Large 8vo.

Nissen 605 a. - First edition. - At hand are part I: section 1, 1*, 1**, 2, 3 (in 2 vols.) and 4. - Part II: 6 sections in 1 vol. - Part III: sections 1 a/b, 2 and 2 a, 3-6 and 6a as well as 7-8. - Part IV: 1, 2, 3 a/b and 4-5 as well as the complete register for all 4 parts and addenda for parts II-IV. - Comprehensive botanic compendium, released as extension of the Botanische Jahrbüchern , which the Berlin botanist A. G. H. Engler founded in 1880. - Spine with various discolorations and slightly rubbed, 3 spine ends chipped. Inside clean copy.




1409
Adolf Engler
Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, 21 Bde. (1897)
Estimate:
€ 250 / $ 270
Sold:
€ 528 / $ 570

(incl. surcharge)