Author: Renauld, F. and J. Cardot
Title: Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Volume XXXIX. Histoire naturelle des plantes mousses. Texte.
Description: Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1908. Large 4to (33.0 x 25.2 cm). Half title, title page, "viii" [= ii], 563 pp. Original printed wrappers. = Text part of the first volume of a set covering the mosses (and other lower plants) of Madagascar. It forms part of Alfred and Guillaume Grandidier's magnum opus on the history and natural history of Madagascar, which was published between 1875 and 1958. This is complete text. The total collation of the moss section is as follows: Texte (1915). "viii" [actually ii], 563 pp.; do. Atlas (very rare and not included), 1e-6e Partie (1913) 187 plates [1-163 and 24 "bis" plates]. Uncut. Rear wrapper detached, front wrapper a bit creased. A very good, clean copy. All parts are rare.

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