Voyages De C.P. Thunberg, Au Japon, Par le Cap …

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Quarter green leather over green marbled boards, gilt spine bands, red labels, gilt titles. 8vo., 21.5×13 cm. Benoit Dandre. Paris. An 4 [1796]. [4].lxiv, 417, [2] pp. Portrait frontis, one vignette, one engraved plate. Very good, light shelfwear. French text. Thunberg was a Swedish botanist and physician. He has been called the “father of South African botany” and “the Japanese Linnaeus”. He was a student of Linnaeus. This is the first volume of a four volume set. Weight: 1.2 lb.