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THUNBERG, CARL PETER Voyages de C.P. Thunberg, au Japon, par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les iles de la Sonde & c... Paris, 1796. 4 vols. 8vo, 196 x 119 mm., contemporary marbled calf, spines elaborately gilt, wear to some spine ends, worming to two corners; light dampstaining to first few leaves of vol. I. First French Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 28 engraved plates (some folding). Pritzel 9259. Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- THUNBERG. Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia... London, 1795-96. 4 vols., 8vo, 198 x 123 mm., contemporary sprinkled calf, joints repaired. Third English Edition, engraved frontispiece and 10 engraved plates (one folding) -- THUNBERG. Voyage en Afrique et en Asie, principalement au Japon... Paris, 1794. 8vo, 199 x 125 mm., contemporary marbled calf. Pritzel 9259. Philippe de Vimorin, bookplate -- THUNBERG. Dissertatio Botanica de Protea... Uppsala, 1781. 8vo, 228 x 155 mm., modern boards, uncut; title repaired and stained. FIRST EDITION, 5 engraved folding plates. The first monograph on proteas, containing descriptions of 60 species. Pritzel 9264 -- THUNBERG. Icones Plantarum Japonicarum. Uppsala, 1794. Part I (only), folio, 420 x 275 mm., loose pages and plates (as issued?). FIRST EDITION, 10 engraved plates. The first European illustrations of Japanese plants apart from Kaempfer. Hunt 736; Nissen BBI 1960; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 14364 -- CONDER, JOSIAH. The Flowers of Japan and the Art of Floral Arrangement. Tokio, 1892. Folio, 350 x 260 mm., modern cloth, original wrappers bound in. 54 plates, including 14 colored. (12)