Oeder a.o. (eds.): Flora Danica: Abbildungen Der Pflanzen, Welche In Den Königreichen Dannemark Und Norwegen, In Den Herzogthümern Schlesswig Und Holstein / Aftegninger paa de Planter, som voxe vildt i Kongerigerne Danmark og Norge, i Hertugdømmerne Slesvig og Holsteen og i Grevskaberne Oldenborg og Delmenhorst, til at oplyse det under titel Flora Danica [...] Fasciculos I-XII. 4 vols. Cph 1761–1877. Folio. 12 half titles with following text. 8 of the text parts in Latin and German, 4 in Latin and Danish. Illust. with 698 (of 3240) engraved plates. Lacking #3, 31, 53, 63, 65, 81, 105, 116, 175, and 176 264, 269, 288, 310, 260, 464, 465, 467, 468, 469, 516 and 588. Mostly uncoloured. Part I in colour. Annotated in 2–3 hands out side plate. Annotated on verso in old hand (18th century). Last 2 plates worn. Bound in cont. half calf bindings, frayed edges and wear to spines. Book plate on inner paste down. (4)
“Flora Danica” is the world's largest local flora and the most extensive illustrated work in the Danish history of printing. 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. Oeder was fired as editor in 1772 and replaced by the zoologist O.F. Müller. Eleven different botanists after Müller were in charge of publishing “Flora Danica”.
Wear to spines partcularly on 2nd and 4th vols. Frayed edges.
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