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G.C. Oeder

G.C. Oeder: Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in Regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ. in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiæ [...]. Cph 1761–1765. Common titleleaf 1766. Folio. With 240 engraved plates. Last plate with foxing, the rest clean. Bound in cont. half calf. Binding with wear.

First part of “Flora Danica” - one of the most extensive illustrated works in the Danish history of printing with 3240 hand-coloured engravings of Danish plants and flowers. Georg Christian Oeder (1728–91) was the first director of the Danish Botanical Garden and as part of this job he planned the monumental work “Flora Danica” which was completed in 1883, nearly 120 years after the first part was issued.

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Books and manuscripts, 2 October 2012

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