55 - Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Foreign Medicinal Plants. 132 old-colored lithographic plates and 132 text sheets. Stuttgart, Brodhag, 1830–1833. 39 x 26 cm. Later half-linen binding (circa 1900).

Biology - Botany - Mann, Johann Gottlieb. Foreign Medicinal Plants. 132 old-colored lithographic plates and 132 text sheets. Stuttgart, Brodhag, 1830–1833. 39 x 26 cm. Later half-linen binding (circa 1900). First edition. - Nissen BBI 1271 - Stafleu TL2 5357. - Originally published in 22 installments with 132 plates, not 16 installments with 96 plates, as all bibliographies indicate. - Drawn by J. G. Mann (signed J.G.M. fecit) and mostly lithographed by F. Schmidt. - The plates feature beautiful contemporary coloring. - Missing the title page. - The last two plates are bound at the front; the text pages are at the end. - Volume with (incorrect) spine title: “Deutschlands Arzney Pflanzen 3.” - A handwritten alphabetical index of plants is bound at the end. - Plates show varying degrees of browning; text pages mostly white, with minor staining. - A good copy. *