Histoire physique naturelle et politique de Madagascar. Volume xxxiii-xxxvi. Histoire naturelle des plantes. Atlas.

BAILLON, Henri Ernest; [GRANDIDIER, Guillaume & Alfred]

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Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1886-1902

4 vol., large 4to: 557 pl. (some soiling, pl. 122 missing, pl. 124 added twice).

Uncut (wrapper often detached).

Plate set of 577 lithographs (numbered 1-500, 502-504 + bis-pl.; pl. 124 added twice, once instead of pl. 122, which is missing) covering the higher plants of Madagascar. It forms part of Alfred and Guillaume Grandidier's magnum opus on the history and natural history of Madagascar, which was published between 1875 and 1958. All parts are rare.
Ref. Nissen (BBI) 746. - Stafleu & Cowan I:2109. - BnF.