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[SPECIMEN ALBUM]. "Phaneroganiae alpinae." 1869.
Oblong 8vo (215 x 110 mm). 24 dried flower specimens, neatly tipped to sheet, typescript captions for each. Unbound, laid into portfolio (some wear). Provenance: Miss Witzel (gift inscription).
Comprising flowers from an Alpine pass, collected by Eloise and Lenny McCue, 20 August 1869, in the Brunie Pass.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil