50106 1871 2528, pls 121140, roy. 4to, paperbound (printed front cover loose). Some dog ears. One installment (20 plates) of this important publication on Indian plants, mostly describing the genus Diospyros of the Ebenaceae. Added are 8 sheets of pencil drawings (one in watercolour) of mainly Diospyros. Some are dated: 30 October 1871 (Herb. British Mus.), November 1871 (Hort. Paris & Thuret's Garden in Antibes) & 19 December 1871. One is marked ''Diospyros perforata, sp. nov., Ceram I., De Vriese, Hb. Leiden n. 29''. Although the annotations are in English it is not clear who made these drawings. €140.00EUR
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