Les palmiers. Histoire iconographique. Géographie, paléontologie, botanique, description, culture, emploi, etc. [...].

8vo: viii-348 pp. (some minor foxing, browning and marg. soiling throughout; a few marg. tears, marg. dampstains).

Contemp. red half shagreen, red cloth boards bordered with a triple fillet, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, red leather title label, gilt edges, silk endpapers (foxing, very slightly rubbed, corners bumped). Good copy.

First and only edition of this rather rare book on palms by the Belgian politician and internationally recognised authority on palms and orchids Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1844-1906). Ill.: numerous black and white in-text illustrations (228) and 40 coloured lithographic plates depicting palms (by P. De Pannemaker). One folding table. Ref. Nissen (BBI) 1032. - Bn-Opale plus.