Characteres generum plantarum / quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt annis MDCCLXXII-MDCCLXXV Joanne Reinoldus Forster ... et Georgius Forster.

  • Johann Reinhold Forster
Date:
1776
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Credit: Characteres generum plantarum / quas in itinere ad insulas maris Australis collegerunt, descripserunt, delinearunt annis MDCCLXXII-MDCCLXXV Joanne Reinoldus Forster ... et Georgius Forster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    »| FORSTER, Joannes Reinoldus et Georgius. Characteres generum plantarum quas in itinere ^C ad insulas maris Australis collegerunt, descripserunt delinearunt annis 1772-75. 10 leaves, .150 pp. 1 leaf. With 78 excellent copper-plates (numbered 1-75). Large 4to. Half calf. London, 1776. Frs. 135. — - Pritzel 2981. | . One of the earliest works on the flora of Australasia. The authors were commissioned to ' accompany Captain Cook on his second voyage, the present work being the result of their investi- 'gations of the flora. — Insignificant wormhole, but splendid copy. Scarce. RTI ]
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