Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906: Part II: A Botanical Survey of the Galapagos Islands + Part V: Notes on the Botany of Cocos Island + Part VII: Notes on the Lichens of the Galapagos Islands

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Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands, 1905-1906: Part II: A Botanical Survey of the Galapagos Islands + Part V: Notes on the Botany of Cocos Island + Part VII: Notes on the Lichens of the Galapagos Islands

By Stewart, Alban

SKU# 16240

$ 150.00

Pp. 1-288; 375-404; 431-445; 23 full page plates (1 map, 3 line-drawings, 19 black-and-white photographs). Early green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series, volume 1, January 20, 1911. This is the first comprehensive flora (including lichens) of the Galapagos Islands that lay 1000km off the coast of Ecuador and of the flora of Cocos Island, off the coast of Costa Rica. All three parts are authored by Alban Stewart, botanist of the 1905-1906 expedition. No ownership marks.

Publisher The California Academy of Sciences
Publisher Place San Francisco
Date Published 1911-1912
Date Published Estimated No
Edition First edition
Number of Volumes 1
Reprint No
Condition Fine
Condition Description Small indentation (1/4 inch long) near the margin of pages 255-262 (likely caused during the printing process); otherwise, a bright and clean copy in fine condition.
ISBN
Limited Edition