Author: Turner, W. B.
Title: Algae aquae dulcis Indiae Orientalis. The fresh-water Algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India.
Description: Stockholm, P. A. Norstedt & Söner, 1892. 4to (31.5 x 24.8 cm). 187 pp., 23 lithographed plates. Original printed wrappers = A major monograph with many new species and clear illustrations, written by the British botanist and Desmidieae specialist, William Barwell Turner (1845-1917). EastIndia here means the eastern part of India, not the East Indies, although many species have a distribution wider than the area covered. Printed for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, being the Society's complete Handlingar 25(5). Small chips to spine cover; fore edge a bit rough (uncut), otherwise a very good, clean copy. Rare, especially in this very good state.

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