Ross, James Clark--Hooker, Joseph Dalton

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

The Botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, 1839-1843. Under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. London: Lovell Reeve, 1853-1855
Paper

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes bound in 4, 4to (310 x 230mm.), (vol.1) [6], xl, 312pp.; (vol.2) [4], 378; (vol.3 and 4 plates), dedication leaf, 127 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 3 double-page, contemporary green half morocco over red cloth boards, marbled endpapers

Provenance

H.S.H. Jones, signature on endleaf; P. Watts Rule, book label; Robert de Belder, sale in these rooms, 27-28 April 1987 ("Magnificent Botanical Books"), lot 157

Literature

Ferguson 3840; Nissen BBI 908; Rosove 172-2.A1; Spence 605; Staton & Tremaine 2654