Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778-1845)
Flora de Filipinas. Segun el Sistema sexual de Linneo. Manila: En la Imprenta de Sto. Thomas por D. Candido Lopez, 1837. 4° (207 x 148mm). (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary limp vellum, early paper letterpress title label on spine (small tears to label).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT LOCALLY PUBLISHED WORK ON THE BOTANY OF THE PHILIPPINES. Blanco here describes 1081 plant species, classifying them according to the Linnean system and also giving information on their history, uses in medicine, construction, industry and the arts. BM(NH) I, p.172; Stafleu and Cowan 551.
Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778-1845)
Flora de Filipinas. Segun el Sistema sexual de Linneo. Manila: En la Imprenta de Sto. Thomas por D. Candido Lopez, 1837. 4° (207 x 148mm). (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary limp vellum, early paper letterpress title label on spine (small tears to label).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT LOCALLY PUBLISHED WORK ON THE BOTANY OF THE PHILIPPINES. Blanco here describes 1081 plant species, classifying them according to the Linnean system and also giving information on their history, uses in medicine, construction, industry and the arts. BM(NH) I, p.172; Stafleu and Cowan 551.
