Author: Göppert, H. R.
Title: Die Tertiärflora auf der Insel Java, nach den Entdeckungen des Herrn Fr. Junghuhn. Beschrieben und Erörtert in ihrem Verhältnisse zur Gesammtflora der Tertiärperiode.
Description: Elberfeld, Baedeker, 1857. Large 4to (32.0 x 24.6 cm). 171 pp.; 14 finely hand-coloured lithographed plates, partly augmented with gum arabic. Original printed wrappers. = Second edition (first: 1854) of a detailed monograph with truly excellent illustrations. The author, the German botanist and palaeontologist [Johann] Heinrich Robert Göppert (1800-1884) was one of the foremost authorities on fossil plants in the mid-19th century. Uncut. Wrappers soiled and frayed at edges, label remnants on spine foot; some scattered, light foxing. Stafleu and Cowan, 2077. Not in Nissen BBI.

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