Auxilium ad botanicorum graphicem

Description:

Rare. Text French with English and German introductions. A collection of sample autographs reproduced in natural size of 240 deceased botanists. Entries arranged in alphabetical order include for each botanist a short biography, a reference to the best published bibliography, a list of institutions where collected botanical specimens are kept and a selection of dated handwriting samples.

Editions des Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Publication hors-série, no. 2.

Condition

Some foxing to endpaper; spotting to edges. A very good copy signed by the author.