(Copenhagen, 1800). 4to. Uncut without wrappers as issued in "Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter". 204 pp. and 7 large folded engraved plates. First edition of the first systematic description of the flora of Morocco. Schousboe was Danish consul-general in Morocco, and sponsored by the Dane Johann v. Bülow, he travlled round Morocco in the years 1791-93 to describe the flora. The catalogue descibes the plants in Danish and Latin. The work was translated the year after into German and many years later into French (1874). - Pritzel: 8343. - Jackson p. 351 (The French edition).
Seller: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, Denmark
First Edition
(Copenhagen, 1800). 4to. Uncut without wrappers as issued in "Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter". 204 pp. and 7 large folded engraved plates. Faint scattered brownspots. First edition of the first systematic description of the flora of Morocco. Schousboe was Danish consul-general in Morocco, and sponsored by the Dane Johann v. Bülow, he travlled round Morocco in the years 1791-93 to describe the flora. The catalogue descibes the plants in Danish and Latin. The work was translated the year after into German and many years later into French (1874). - Pritzel: 8343. - Jackson p. 351 (The French edition).
Seller: Herman H. J. Lynge & Søn ILAB-ABF, Copenhagen, Denmark
First Edition
(Copenhagen, 1800). 4to. No wrappers as issued in "Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter". 204 pp. and 7 large folded engraved plates. First edition of the first systematic description of the flora of Morocco. Schousboe was Danish consul-general in Morocco, and sponsored by the Dane Johann v. Bülow, he travlled round Morocco in the years 1791-93 to describe the flora. The catalogue descibes the plants in Danish and Latin. The work was translated the year after into German and many years later into French (1874). - Pritzel: 8343. - Jackson p. 351 (The French edition).