Folio. Half-title; 104 lithographed plates after Josef Seboth, 32 partially printed in color. (Some light toning or spotting to margins of a few plates.) Later buckram. Provenance: Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1877-1934), an amateur botanist who wrote extensively on the genus Carex in North America (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK ON THE FLORA OF BRAZIL, describing many new unrecorded species. Wawra, a ship's surgeon, accompanied Maximilian I to Brazil in 1859-60; the plants were collected for the expedition by the botanist and royal gardener Franz Maly. Maximilian I was subsequently self-appointed as Emperor of Mexico (at the invitation of Napoleon III) between 1864 and 1866, but was deposed and executed by the forces of the Republic of Mexico. Borba de Moraes II:937; Nissen BBI 2112; Stafleu & Cowan 16844.