Author: Zahlbruckner, A.
Title: Plantae Pentherianae. Aufzählung der von Dr. A. Penther und in seinem Auftrage von P. Krook in Südafrika gesammelten Pflanzen.
Description: Wien, Ann. Naturhistorische Museum, 1901-1910. Large 8vo (26.1 x 17.8 cm). 326 pp.; 11 plates. Somewhat later half cloth over pattered boards. Gilt title on the spine. = A seldom-seen well-bound, complete copy of this important work on South African plants by A Zahlbrucker, based on material collected by A Penther. With contributions by many experts, for instance, A. von Hayek and K. Rechinger, and including many new taxa. Published in the museum's Annalen over a ten years period and seldom found complete. Small stamp of Zahlbrucker on the first text page; pictorial botanical bookplate of another former private owner, the Swedish botanist Ove Almborn, on the front pastedown. otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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