Author: Wettstein, R. von and V. Schiffner
Title: Ergebnisse der botanischen Expedition der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Südbrasilien 1901. I. Pteridophyta und Anthophyta.
Description: Wien, Kaiserlich-königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1908. Large 4to (29.6 x 23.5 cm). vi, 311 pp.; 12 text figures, partly coloured map, 26 plates including seven in fine chromolithography. Publisher's cloth with mounted title. = Includes the orchids, which are very beautifully illustrated on full colour plates. This section, by Otto Porsch, includes many new species, as do several of the other chapters, written by the various specialists of these groups (e.g. Filicinae by H. Christ; Bromeliaceae by Mez; Cyperaceae by Palla, etc.). It also includes plates of ferns. Published in the academy's Denkschriften. Errata leaf loosely inserted. Boards a bit soiled but otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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