Original Antique large book Atlas of Medicinal Plants over 200 colored plates

1 sheet of text (preface). With title, dedication sheet and 229 plates, all in color lithograph. 4th (30.5 x 25 cm). Half leather of the time with title on the back. Original print of the splendid medicinal plants atlas, completely printed in color lithograph except for the foreword. Contains 188 (1-186, 68 a and 154 a) numbered plant tables (alphabetically according to the Latin name, plus German name, occurrence and use in the legend), 20 lovingly designed letter subtitles Contents. 21 Blattia Blattia. 21 - The author was Jospeh Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833-1905) from the Hungarian line of the Habsburgs, who had already made a name for himself with botanical works on the flora of his estate in Hungary and on the ethnography of the "Gypsies". Joseph had "after persistent, severe suffering in Wörishofen" his "who tried her hand at sculpting in Regensburg under her stage name Margit von Valsassina. - Slightly browned, panel 5 with inconspicuous cracked hooks (backed with archival paper), very isolated captions cut off at the bottom, intent and front inner lid with name stamp, inner lid with bookplate of a spa doctor. Binding slightly rubbed and scraped. Nice copy. * Nissen, BBI, 1008 n. Weight (grams): 3500.

Out standing condition consider to its age . Very hard to find in this pristine condition.