Palla,E. Atlas of the Alpine flora. Published by the German and Austrian Alpine Association. Scientific editor: Dr. Palla. The color plates are based on nature photographs and original designs by A(nton) Hartinger. (2nd, revised edition). Graz and Munich, Vlg. des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins; In Commission der J. Lindauer'schen Buchhandlung 1897. 4 (of 5) vols. With 400 color lithographed plates with illustrations after drawings by A(nton) Hartinger in photolithography, executed by Nenke & Ostermaier in Dresden according to their own process. Original green cloth boards with silver-stamped cover and spine titles and two-tone thread-marbled edges. - A text volume was also published, which is not present here. Overall a good copy of the plate part. - Volume 2 with 100 plates is missing.

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