NORTH AFRICA]. GRONOVIUS, JOHAN FREDRIK. Flora Orientalis... Leiden, 1755. 8vo, 199 x 123 mm., contemporary half vellum. FIRST EDITION. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2190 -- LABILLARDIERE, JACQUES JULIEN HOUTTOU DE. Icones Plantarum Syriae Rariorum, Descriptionibus et Observationibus Illustratae... Paris, 1791 [-1812]. 5 parts in one vol., 4to, 280 x 217 mm., modern vellum. FIRST EDITION, numerous engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1115; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4069 -- ALPINUS, PROSPER. Historiae Aegypti Naturalis... Leiden, 1735. 2 parts in one vol., 4to, 196 x 150 mm., contemporary vellum; plate 56 lacking. Numerous engraved plates -- NECTOUX, HYPOLITE. Voyage dans la Haute Egypte... Paris, 1808. Folio, 397 x 273 mm., contemporary half calf, rebacked. FIRST EDITION, 4 colored engraved plates, one by Pierre Joseph and 3 by Henri-Joseph Redouté. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "to Doct. Dd., Hosack Professor of Botany at New York. Presented by his most obedt. and devoted fiend & sevt. F. André Michaux." Hosack was the first president of the New York Horticultural Society -- DELILE, ALIRE. [Description d'Egypte Botanique... Paris, 1813-26]. 2 vols., folio, 379 x 247 mm., (Plate vol. 520 x 360 mm.), contemporary half calf, rubbing to edges. 62 double-page engraved plates (number 59 colored) after H.J. Redouté and Conté. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1353. Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, ink stamp; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DELILE, ALIRE. Description de l'Égypte... [Botanique]. Paris, [1812-26]. 2 vols., large folio, 419 x 257 mm., (Plate vol. 670 x 520 mm.), half morocco, one vol. rebound; scattered foxing, especially to text. 79 engraved engraved plates mostly after H.J. Redouté and Conté, including 15 plates from the minerology vol. and one showing "Médaille Egyptienne." HSNY, bookplate -- FERRET, A. and GALINIER. Voyage en Abyssinie, dans les Provinces du Tigre, du Samen et de l'Ahmara... Paris, 1847-48. 4 vols., 8vo and folio, 230 x 150 mm., (Plate vol., 426 x 295 mm.), half calf, tape repaired or rebacked; plates with library stamp on verso, some browning and staining. 16 (of 17) engraved botanical plates, 31 (of 32) colored zoological plates and 9 maps (6 folding). Numerous engraved plates and maps, many colored. Pritzel 2879. Entomological Society of London, ink stamp -- COSSON, ERNEST SAINT-CHARLES. Compendium Florae Atlanticae... Paris, 1881-87. 2 vols., 8vo, 238 x 151 mm., contemporary half morocco, spine end of vol. II defective. 2 folding maps. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1244. (14)
NORTH AFRICA]. GRONOVIUS, JOHAN FREDRIK. Flora Orientalis... Leiden, 1755. 8vo, 199 x 123 mm., contemporary half vellum. FIRST EDITION. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 2190 -- LABILLARDIERE, JACQUES JULIEN HOUTTOU DE. Icones Plantarum Syriae Rariorum, Descriptionibus et Observationibus Illustratae... Paris, 1791 [-1812]. 5 parts in one vol., 4to, 280 x 217 mm., modern vellum. FIRST EDITION, numerous engraved plates. Nissen BBI 1115; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4069 -- ALPINUS, PROSPER. Historiae Aegypti Naturalis... Leiden, 1735. 2 parts in one vol., 4to, 196 x 150 mm., contemporary vellum; plate 56 lacking. Numerous engraved plates -- NECTOUX, HYPOLITE. Voyage dans la Haute Egypte... Paris, 1808. Folio, 397 x 273 mm., contemporary half calf, rebacked. FIRST EDITION, 4 colored engraved plates, one by Pierre Joseph and 3 by Henri-Joseph Redouté. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "to Doct. Dd., Hosack Professor of Botany at New York. Presented by his most obedt. and devoted fiend & sevt. F. André Michaux." Hosack was the first president of the New York Horticultural Society -- DELILE, ALIRE. [Description d'Egypte Botanique... Paris, 1813-26]. 2 vols., folio, 379 x 247 mm., (Plate vol. 520 x 360 mm.), contemporary half calf, rubbing to edges. 62 double-page engraved plates (number 59 colored) after H.J. Redouté and Conté. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1353. Conservatoire Botanique de Genève, ink stamp; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- DELILE, ALIRE. Description de l'Égypte... [Botanique]. Paris, [1812-26]. 2 vols., large folio, 419 x 257 mm., (Plate vol. 670 x 520 mm.), half morocco, one vol. rebound; scattered foxing, especially to text. 79 engraved engraved plates mostly after H.J. Redouté and Conté, including 15 plates from the minerology vol. and one showing "Médaille Egyptienne." HSNY, bookplate -- FERRET, A. and GALINIER. Voyage en Abyssinie, dans les Provinces du Tigre, du Samen et de l'Ahmara... Paris, 1847-48. 4 vols., 8vo and folio, 230 x 150 mm., (Plate vol., 426 x 295 mm.), half calf, tape repaired or rebacked; plates with library stamp on verso, some browning and staining. 16 (of 17) engraved botanical plates, 31 (of 32) colored zoological plates and 9 maps (6 folding). Numerous engraved plates and maps, many colored. Pritzel 2879. Entomological Society of London, ink stamp -- COSSON, ERNEST SAINT-CHARLES. Compendium Florae Atlanticae... Paris, 1881-87. 2 vols., 8vo, 238 x 151 mm., contemporary half morocco, spine end of vol. II defective. 2 folding maps. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1244. (14)
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