Lausanne, George Bridel, 1890. Large 4to (31.3 x 25.3 cm). 84 pp.; five lithographed plates, made by Becquet in Paris, of which two double-sized, all tissue-guarded and with explanatory text leaves. Original quarter cloth over printed boards. Gilt title on the spine.

An extremely rare contribution by the Swiss botanist and philanthropist William Barbey (1842-1914) to the botany of Turkey, in particular Lydia (now western Anatolia), Lycia (an adjacent region in southern Anatolia), and Caria (a region just west of Lycia), based on collections and observations made during explorations in 1842 by Barbey's father-in-law, the Swiss zoologist and botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885); in 1883 by the Austrian botanist Thomas Pichler (1828-1903), and in 1887 by the Scottish physician and zoologist Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843-1923). All three are quoted verbatim. Barbier described five new plants which are beautifully illustrated. The preface by Barbey, dated 4 Décembre 1889, contains a summary of 19th-century botanical expeditions in southwestern Turkey. Small damp-stain in the lower margin of the front board; some light foxing to the plates, stronger on the tissue-guards, otherwise excellent, clean. Mounted on the front free endpaper recto a printed sheet with the text "De la part de / Monsieur W. Barbey", and a handwritten date, 3 Juilliet 1890. No auction records. Not in the Plesch library. Rehder-Bradley I, 479. Tucker 57. Neither in Nissen, BBI, nor in Cat. BM(NH), nor in Stafleu and Cowan, who mention several other works by Barbey.