HORSFIELD, Thomas (1773-1859), BENNETT, John Joseph (1801-1876) and Robert BROWN (1773-1858). Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae. London: Richard Taylor for W.H. Allen & Co., 1838-1852.
HORSFIELD, Thomas (1773-1859), BENNETT, John Joseph (1801-1876) and Robert BROWN (1773-1858). Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae. London: Richard Taylor for W.H. Allen & Co., 1838-1852. 4 parts bound in one volume, 4° (372 x 271 mm). Text in Latin and English. Engraved double-page folding map of Java by J. and C. Walker after Horsfield with Horsfield's routes marked in red by hand. 50 engraved plates (47 hand-colored, 7 double-page) by J. Curtis and E. Weddell after C. and J. Curtis. Dedication, prospectus, second dedication dated 9 April 1852, and postscript. (Some variable spotting and marginal staining.) Contemporary English half roan gilt over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in second, top edge gilt (a little rubbed and scuffed). FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE CATALOGUE OF HORSFIELD'S COLLECTION , describing and depicting more than 2,000 specimens collected in Java between 1811 and 1819. The American botanist and physician Horsfield first journeyed to Java in 1800 as an employee of the Dutch East India company, but, following the British capture of the island in 1811, he befriended Sir Stamford Raffles and began to work for Raffles. Horsfield travelled throughout the island observing not only the botanical, but also zoological and geological aspects of its natural history, and mapping it. In 1820 Horsfield took up a position in the East India Company's India Museum and he was elected to the Royal Society in 1828. Plantae Javanicae rariores was prepared by the botanist and traveller Robert Brown and his assistant at the British Museum Library, J.J. Bennett, and was published in four parts between 1838 and 1852. Arnold Arboretum p.73; BM(NH) I, p. 135; Brunet III, col. 340; Great Flower Books p. 74; Lowndes p. 1122; Nissen BBI 934; Pritzel 613; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 418.
HORSFIELD, Thomas (1773-1859), BENNETT, John Joseph (1801-1876) and Robert BROWN (1773-1858). Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae. London: Richard Taylor for W.H. Allen & Co., 1838-1852.
HORSFIELD, Thomas (1773-1859), BENNETT, John Joseph (1801-1876) and Robert BROWN (1773-1858). Plantae Javanicae rariores, descriptae iconibusque illustratae. London: Richard Taylor for W.H. Allen & Co., 1838-1852. 4 parts bound in one volume, 4° (372 x 271 mm). Text in Latin and English. Engraved double-page folding map of Java by J. and C. Walker after Horsfield with Horsfield's routes marked in red by hand. 50 engraved plates (47 hand-colored, 7 double-page) by J. Curtis and E. Weddell after C. and J. Curtis. Dedication, prospectus, second dedication dated 9 April 1852, and postscript. (Some variable spotting and marginal staining.) Contemporary English half roan gilt over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments and lettered in second, top edge gilt (a little rubbed and scuffed). FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE CATALOGUE OF HORSFIELD'S COLLECTION , describing and depicting more than 2,000 specimens collected in Java between 1811 and 1819. The American botanist and physician Horsfield first journeyed to Java in 1800 as an employee of the Dutch East India company, but, following the British capture of the island in 1811, he befriended Sir Stamford Raffles and began to work for Raffles. Horsfield travelled throughout the island observing not only the botanical, but also zoological and geological aspects of its natural history, and mapping it. In 1820 Horsfield took up a position in the East India Company's India Museum and he was elected to the Royal Society in 1828. Plantae Javanicae rariores was prepared by the botanist and traveller Robert Brown and his assistant at the British Museum Library, J.J. Bennett, and was published in four parts between 1838 and 1852. Arnold Arboretum p.73; BM(NH) I, p. 135; Brunet III, col. 340; Great Flower Books p. 74; Lowndes p. 1122; Nissen BBI 934; Pritzel 613; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 418.
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