Lashkarev, A. Y.
Illustrirovannaya klassifikashya glavnishikh sortov Lugovikh Trav. S kratkim opisaniem kazhdoi travy v otdel`nosti. [Illustrated classification of the main cultivated grasses in Russia. With a short description of each herb separately].
St. Petersburg, Department of State Papers, 1898. Folio (33.8 x 25.5 cm). half title and title page in red and black; [iii], xi pp.; 108 coloured chromolithographed plates, each accompanied by one or more explanatory text leaves. Contemporary diced Russia over lined boards. Gilt title on the spine.
Little-known, but large, and finely illustrated atlas on Russian herbs and grasses. In Russian, with Latin nomenclature. Binding a bit weak, and covers worn. Front free endpaper chipped in lower outer corner. Contents occasionally with a scattered spot, a few plates with a small stain on the outer top margin, but otherwise internally a nice and clean copy. Rare. Neither in Nissen, BBI, nor in Stafleu and Cowan, nor in the Cat. BM(NH).
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