‎Miquel, F.A.W.‎
‎Flora Indiae Batavae. Flora van Nederlandsch-Indië. Volumes 1, 1(2), 2, 3 & Eerste Bijvoegsel. Sumatra, zijne plantenwereld en hare voortbrengselen.‎

‎1855-1860 5 volumes (complete). xvi, 1116, xii, 704, ix, 1103, x, 773, xxiv, 656 p., 43 (including two unnumbered plates), 4 lithographed plates, lithographed portrait (Rumphius), 2 folded maps, 1 folded table, half cloth. The plain bindings are much used and the spines of three volumes are loose or partly loose, several pages in volume 1 are loose as well. The second volume has pages 353-384 from volume 1(2) bound in by mistake, and pages 528-705 are missing volume two. Library stamps on edges and title-pages (Stichting Flora Malesiana). Except for the missing pages (= installment 4) in volume two a rare complete set of this very important work for the botany of the Malaysian / Indonesian region. It includes the last part on the botany of Sumatra which is rare and can be considered a monograph in its own right. This set deserves to be rebound.The plates were drawn by the well known navy officer and painter Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Verhuell (1787-1860), who also draw the two unnumbered plates depicting very nice landscapes (G. Mandalawangi van de westzijde & Landschap in Tjibinoeng, res. Buitenzorg).‎

Reference : BF38537

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