Flora de Filipinas.
3 vols., folio (36.5 x 25 cm). Vols. 1 and 2 hardbound, with dust jackets; vol. 3 in printed wrappers, in publisher's printed cardboard slipcase. Volumes in fine condition; slipcase in poor condition, with bottom panel separated but intact. A superb, three-volume limited edition set, produced to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the monumental and legendary "grand edition" of 1877–1883. Number 0149 of a strictly limited printing of 1,000 copies. Father Manuel Blanco’s seminal Flora de Filipinas (originally published in 1837) remains the most important and comprehesive botanical work related to the Philippines, meticulously describing over 1,200 plant species along with their traditional and practical medicinal applications. This magnificent commemorative edition includes 479 high-quality botanical plates printed in color after the work of the finest nineteenth-century Filipino and Spanish masters. Featured artists include Lorenzo Guerrero, Miguel Zaragoza, Félix Martínez, Regino García, Juan García, Rosendo García, Francisco Domingo, Cayetano Argüelles, Father Mariano Fábregas, O.S.A., Father Michael Lucio, O.M., Ramón Santa Coloma, F. Pardo, R.L. Salamanca, Isidro Lladó, and Emma Vidal, alongside celebrated masterpieces by Félix Resurrección Hidalgo and Agustín Sáez. A handsome and highly desirable set, bridging nineteenth-century botanical science and the pinnacle of Philippine colonial art.
Price: $1,500.00