FORSKAL, PETRUS.

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FORSKAL, PETRUS.
FLORA ÆGYPTIACO-ARABICA. SIVE DESCRIPTIONES PLANTARUM, QUAS PER ÆGYPTUM INFERIOREM AND ARABIAM FELICEM. Hauniæ, ex officina Molleri, 1775. 1 vol. in-4. Modern demi-toile, title piece. 32pp, CXXVIpp, 219pp. A complete set of the off-text map "Tabula arabiæ felicis", colour-enhanced and finely bound. Contains: Florula littoris Galliæ ad estac prope Massiliam. Flora arabico-yemen. Sive catalogus plantarum arabiæ felicis systematicus. Accedit Florula insulæ maltæ. Descriptiones plantarum floræ ægyptiaco-arabicæ. Original edition of any rarity of this catalogue of plants from Yemen and Lower Egypt, compiled by this naturalist, a disciple of Linnaeus, during his expedition to Arabia commissioned by Frederik V of Denmark. This catalogue will only be published after his death by the only survivor of the expedition, Carsten Niebuhr. Many plants are listed here for the first time. Ex-libris Le proux et C. Delaby. Traces of moisture on the last eight leaves. As is.
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