Florae peruvianae, et chilensis, sive, Descriptiones, et icones plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis

Title Variants

Alternative: Descriptiones, et icones plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis

Alternative: Florae peruvianae, et chilensis

By

Ruiz, Hipólito, 1754-1816

Pavón, José, 1754-1840

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Madrid], Typis Gabrielis de Sancha, Anno M.DDD.XCVIII-M.DCCCII [1798-1802]

Notes

Volume 1 printed in 1798; volume 2 printed in 1799; volume 3 printed in 1802.

Originally intended by the authors to have been published in 8 volumes and by later design in 12. Only the first 3 volumes were published, the others remain in manuscript; the 100 plates to accompany volume 4 and also some for volume 5 were prepared. The entire work is preserved in the Jardin botánico de Madrid.

This three volume work was preceded ny the authors' Florae peruvianae, et chilensis prodromus, sive Novorum generum planarum peruvianarum, et chilensium descriptiones, et icones, printed in Madrid, 1794, which was intended as the basis for this later, more comprehensive work.

Pagination: volume 1: [2], VI, 78 pages, [106] leaves of plates; volume 2: [4], 76 pages, [116] leaves of plates; volume 3: [2], XXIV, 95, [1] pages, [102] leaves of plates.

Signatures: volume 1: [a]² b² A-T² V² (-V2); volume 2: pi² (pi1 verso blank) A-T²; volume 3: pi1 (pi1 verso blank) a-f² A-2A² (2A2 verso blank).

Errata: volume 1, page [72]; volume 2, page 76; volume 3, page 90.

Includes indexes.

Plates involume 1 are numbered I-CVI; plates in volume 2 are numbered CVII-CCXXII; plates in volume 3 are numbered CCXXIII-CCCXXV.

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Palau y Dulcet, A. Manual del librero hispano-americano (2. ed.), | 282373

Pritzel, G.A. Thesaurus literaturae botanicae omnium gentium (1872-1877 edition), | 7896

Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, | 73995

Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana, | III:3992

Subjects

Botany , Chile , Imprint 1798 , Imprint 1802 , Peru , Plants

Language

Latin

Identifiers

OCLC: 52173066