77/ 811 [Botany]. Blume, C.J. Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsche Indië. 1ste-16de stuk. Batavia, Lands drukkerij, 1825-1826, 16 (of 17) parts in 2 vols., (10),1066p., 19th cent. giltletterered hcl./ modern cl. w. contemp. backstrip laid down.

- Lacks the final installment and (as in most copies found) the tables to the 6th part and the plates to the 7th and 8th parts. Num. annots. in pencil; library stamp on first title-p. of each vol.

= Rare classification of the flora of Indonesia. Carl Ludwig Blume (1798-1862), was the director of the botanical gardens at Buitenzorg as well as of the botanical collection at Leyden. Junk 5326: "Vollständige Reihen dieser alten Sammlung sind ausserordentlich selten." Descriptions of the plants listed often come with information about their pharmaceutical use. Also contains the first list of orchids to be found on Java.