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The original drawings for the present work were done by native artists
HOOKER, J.D. Illustrations of Himalayan plants. London, L. Reeve, 1855. Folio (508 x 380mm). With 1 pictorial handcoloured lithographed title and 24 handcoloured lithographed plates, each with an... EUR 19,000
In his works Fabricius described many Australian and New Zealand insects brought back by Captain Cook's around -the-world voyages
FABRICIUS, J.C. Philosophia Entomologica sistens scientiae fundamenta adiectis definitionibus, exemplis, observationibus adumbrationibus. Hamburgi et Kilonii, C.E. Bohnii, 1778. 8vo (192 x 115mm). pp. (12), 178, with title-vignette. Recent wrappers. EUR 750
