Editore: Verlag fur Naturkunde (Dr. Jul. Hoffmann), Stuttgart, 1899
Da: Munster & Company LLC, ABAA/ILAB, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.
Condizione: Very Good-. Stuttgart: Verlag fur Naturkunde (Dr. Jul. Hoffmann), 1899. [8] pp. + 72 plates. 36 x 25.5 cm. Half cloth portfolio with paper coverd boards containing 72 plates in collotype and lithographic tone printing. Rubbing to boards and extremities of portfolio. Some wear to spine ends, with some splitting along front joint which has been repaired internally. Some soil to boards. 10.5 x 8 cm triangular piece broken off from bottom inside card flap with some chipping along bottom of flap on verso. Some flaking to paper pasted on inside of cloth of portfolio. Eight page foreword and directory is printed on a single sheet, folded twice. Sheet has split along vertical fold, but is still holding along horizontal fold. Some age toning to plates, and occasional smudge marks and light soil. 5 cm closed tear to plate 7, with light crease across plate. Some corner creases to a few other plates. Overall, still a nice complete set of rare botanical plates from Heinrich Gross, who was a professor at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Stuttgart. Due to the size and weight of this portfolio, additional shipping may be required for international orders. . Portfolio. Very Good-.