John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) & José Antonio Pavon y Jiménez (1754-1844) Illustrations of the Neuva Quinologia of Pavon . London: Lovell Reeve, [1859-]1862. 2° (493 x 362mm). 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates, including 27 of the various species by Walter Hood Fitch and 3 of bark sections by Tuffen West, printed by W. West. (Light dampstianing to final text leaf.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, titled in gilt on upper cover, g.e. (lower cover affected by damp). Provenance : James Cowherd (F.L.S., author's presentation inscription dated 1874). Author's presentation copy on this monograph on the source of Quinine. Howard purchased Pavon's largely complete manuscript in Madrid, edited and finished the text and commissioned the plates. Pavon, a pharmacist by training, was appointed to accompany Hipólito Ruiz as junior partner on the Spanish royal botanical expedition to Peru in 1777, one the main objectives of which was the investigation of the properties of the cinchona genus. Pavon returned from South America in 1788, and in conjunction with Ruiz was able to announce the discovery of 141 new genera that are still recognised today. Later in life Pavon turned to selling herbarium duplicates and the huge variety of his finds gave scientists of the day easier access to knowledge of Spanish-American plants than they would otherwise have had. Pavon received much recognition from the scientific community during his lifetime, but little official appreciation from the Spanish goverment, and other than the material published in conjunction with Ruiz, the present work is Pavon's only substantial published work. Nissen BBI 942 (incorrect collation); Stafleu & Cowan 7540.
John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) & José Antonio Pavon y Jiménez (1754-1844) Illustrations of the Neuva Quinologia of Pavon . London: Lovell Reeve, [1859-]1862. 2° (493 x 362mm). 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates, including 27 of the various species by Walter Hood Fitch and 3 of bark sections by Tuffen West, printed by W. West. (Light dampstianing to final text leaf.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, titled in gilt on upper cover, g.e. (lower cover affected by damp). Provenance : James Cowherd (F.L.S., author's presentation inscription dated 1874). Author's presentation copy on this monograph on the source of Quinine. Howard purchased Pavon's largely complete manuscript in Madrid, edited and finished the text and commissioned the plates. Pavon, a pharmacist by training, was appointed to accompany Hipólito Ruiz as junior partner on the Spanish royal botanical expedition to Peru in 1777, one the main objectives of which was the investigation of the properties of the cinchona genus. Pavon returned from South America in 1788, and in conjunction with Ruiz was able to announce the discovery of 141 new genera that are still recognised today. Later in life Pavon turned to selling herbarium duplicates and the huge variety of his finds gave scientists of the day easier access to knowledge of Spanish-American plants than they would otherwise have had. Pavon received much recognition from the scientific community during his lifetime, but little official appreciation from the Spanish goverment, and other than the material published in conjunction with Ruiz, the present work is Pavon's only substantial published work. Nissen BBI 942 (incorrect collation); Stafleu & Cowan 7540.
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