Candolle, A.P. de, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Pub. Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris. 1824-1873
Seventeen volumes bound in 21. All in half calf with matching marbled boards with the exception of vols 15-17 which have matching blue calf with a slightly different marbled design to boards. In Latin. Scattered foxing to contents, o/w. all 21 volumes are in very good condition. The boards of Vols. 1-14 show light rubbing to extremities. 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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