Candolle, A.P. de, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. 1st. Ed. Pub. Treuttel et Wurtz, Paris. 1824-1873
Seventeen volumes bound in 21. 8vo. Hardbacks. Fore-edges marbled. Minor, scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. All half-calf leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering - last few volumes in more recent, closely matching bindings. Some light rubbing to edges, o/w. bindings in fine condition. Very scarce.
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Prodr. (DC.), is a 17-volume treatise on botany initiated by A. P. de Candolle. de Candolle intended it as a summary of all known seed plants, encompassing taxonomy, ecology, evolution and biogeography. He authored seven volumes between 1824 and 1839, but died in 1841. His son, Alphonse de Candolle, then took up the work, editing a further ten volumes, with contributions from a range of authors.
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