Flore forestière de la Cochinchine [...].

Folio; 80 pl. (some tears in margins of which some underl. or repaired with tape, missing all the part titles, replaced by ms. titles, some spotting and browning, plates itself rather untouched).

Contemp. half leather binding (used, unfresh, def. to corners and spine).

The last 5 fascicules of a very rare work that has not been offered for sale recently. Ill. with 80 b/w lithographed plates by Ed. Oberlin showing the botanical richness of Vietnam rassembled by the French botanist known for his Asian studies Louis Pierre (1833-1905).
Ref. Nissen (BBI) 1527.