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BANKS, ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF COOK'S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, 1900-1905

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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描述

  • Illustrations of the botany of Captain Cook’s voyage round the world. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1900-1905
FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, folio (482 x 315mm.), 3 folding maps, 320 lithographed plates, original buckram-backed boards, occasional spotting and paper-toning

來源

Christian Heuer, bookplate

出版

Nissen BBI 74

Condition

Condition is as described in the main cataloguing, where appropriate
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拍品資料及來源

THE FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION of these plates, reproduced by photolithography. It took five years to reach the end of the Australian section, at which point the project was closed.