Voyages De C.P. Thunberg, Au Japon, Par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les isles de la Sonde &c. Volume one only (of four)

Paris.: Benoit Dandre., An 4 [1796]. Quarter green leather over green marbled boards, gilt spine bands, red labels, gilt titles.. Very good, light shelfwear.. 8vo., 21.5x13 cm.. French text. Thunberg was a Swedish botanist and physician. He has been called the “father of South African botany” and “the Japanese Linnaeus”. He was a student of Linnaeus. This is the first volume of a four volume set. Weight: 1.2 lb. Portrait frontis, one vignette, one engraved plate. (Inventory #: 290924)