[Botany] - NEES VON ESENBECK (Theodor Friedrich Ludwig), SIN - Lot 37

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[Botany] - NEES VON ESENBECK (Theodor Friedrich Ludwig), SIN - Lot 37
[Botany] - NEES VON ESENBECK (Theodor Friedrich Ludwig), SINNING (Wilhelm). Sammlung schönblühender Gewächse für Blumen- u[nd] Gartenfreunde nach lebenden Exemplaren des K[öniglichen] botanischen Gartens zu Bonn gezeichnet, beschrieben und mit genauer Anleitung zu ihrer Cultur begleitet. Düsseldorf, Arnz & Co, 1831, broadside, publisher's black percaline (spine damaged, reinforced with red paper, boards stained, corners dull, inner hinge split, marg. wet, spots and russets). First edition comprising 100 hand-colored lithographic plates. Atlas only (without text volume). Complete with 100 plates (plate 15 is inserted between plates 37 and 38). Nees von Esenbeck (1787-1837) was director of the Bonn Botanical Garden, and Sinning (1792-1874) its head gardener. This work is a catalog of the exotic plants growing there, including camellias, magnolias and banksias. Rare.
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