DRAKE DEL CASTILLO, E. - Flore de la Polynésie Française. De - Lot 32

DRAKE DEL CASTILLO, E. - Flore de la Polynésie Française. Description des plantes vasculaires qui croissent spontanément ou qui sont généralement cultivées aux Iles de la Société ; Marquise, Pomotou, Gambier et Wallis - Paris, Masson, 1893 - Large in-8, XXIV, 352 pp. 1 color map; green half-basane, spine ribbed, cover preserved. (Modern binding). First edition with a color map of Tahiti. This flora lists some 1,800 plants, indicating their botanical characteristics, geographical distribution, bibliographical sources (references to fundamental works), as well as the indigenous names given on the various islands. A good copy, with stamps from the library of botanist Raymond Schnell. (Davy de Virville, Histoire de la botanique, p. 187 and 376).