CHENES DE L'AMERIQUE TROPICALE. (OAKS OF TROPICAL AMERICA.). Iconographie des Especes Nouvelles ou peu Connues. Ouvrage Posthume de Posthumous work of) F.M. Liebmann. Acheve et Augmente d'un Apercus sur la Classification des Chenes en General par A.S. Orsted.
Leipzig: Leopold Voss, Libraire Editeur, 1869.
Softcover. Good. Item #54779
(Iconography of New or Little-Known Species. The Posthumous work of F.M. Liebmann. Complete and Augmented Overview of the Classification of Oaks in General by A.S. Orsted). Folio. 18 x 13.5". Introduction, 10 tables of leaf vein patterns and 47 beautifully engraved plates. Text in French. Original cloth-backed printed wrappers; binding loose. Rubbing creasing and wear to spine. Spine ends bumped with fraying and loss to bottom. Covers lightly soiled with light wear to edges. Light foxing throughout. This copy with Friedrich Klincksieck bookseller sticker. Scarce. Large, heavy book, no overseas shipping.
"Frederick Michael Liebmann (10 October 1813 – 29 October 1856) was a Danish botanist . He studied botany at the University of Copenhagen, although he never obtained a formal degree.
In 1840 he traveled through Cuba and Mexico. Upon his return in 1845 he took the exam and won the chair of Professor of Botany at the University of Copenhagen. And he became Director of the Botanical Garden in 1852, a position he held until his death four years later." wikipedia.
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