A MANUAL FLORA OF MADEIRA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS OF PORTO SANTO AND THE DESERTAS

Lowe, Richard Thomas

Verlag: John Van Voors, 1868

Lowe, Richard Thomas, M.A. - A MANUAL FLORA OF MADEIRA AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS OF PORTO SANTO AND THE DESERTAS. VOL. I E VOL II. London. John Van Voors, 1 Paternoster Row. 1868. 2 volumes. XII 618 págs; 113 (2) págs. 19 cm x 11cm. E. Uma das mais completas e cobiçadas obras sobre a flora madeirense , da autoria de Richard Thomas Lowe (1802 1874), clérigo e naturalista que residiu por largos anos na ilha da Madeira. Do prefácio extraímos a seguinte nota explicativa da edição desta importante obra: I have decided on publishing at once the following portion of the Flora of Madeira; which I offer rather for the local use of invalids, or other persons resorting to the Island for a temporary residence, and who may find in these persuits interest and recreation for themselves or kindly employment on behalf of friends at home, than with the hope of imparting to Eurpean botanists much new or valuable matter (…) my present list [is] the careful fruito of a twenty-six years constant residence in the Island, and of a subsequent six month s visit in 1855, improved by diligent attention to the previous or contemporary labours of others in the same field and above all by the free use of the importante authentic materials deposited in the Banksian and Hookerian Herbaria, accorded by the liberality and friendship of their respective guardians or owner (…) . Com um ex-libris holandês A.P.M. de Kluijs Exemplar encadernado. Encadernação editorial em tela verde. Lombada a querer desprender-se do volume (defeito de fácil restauro). Interior em muito bom estado de conservação. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1593864302745

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Titel: A MANUAL FLORA OF MADEIRA AND THE ADJACENT ...
Verlag: John Van Voors
Erscheinungsdatum: 1868
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine