Lot 545
Ceylon - Moon, Alexander
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
Indigenous and exotic plants growing in Ceylon. Colombo: Wesleyan Mission Press, 1824. First edition, 4to, text in Roman and Sinhalese letter, [Pritzel 6400], (lacks Sinhalese title, pp.39/40 in part 2 and pp.17/18 in part 3, last 3 leaves somewhat defective land laminated, many tears, some repaired, appear very brittle, later red roan, rebacked, covers worn; Bonavia, E. The cultivated oranges and lemons of India and Ceylon. London: W.H. Allen, 1890. 2 volumes (text and plates), 8vo and oblong 8vo, 259 lithographed plates only (of 269), some defective and repaired with loss, many torn and repaired, some bound out of place, paper of many of the plates very brittle, some foxing, original cloth, very stained and rubbed; Sabonadiere, W. The coffee-planter of Ceylon. London: 1870. Second edition, 8vo, 3 engraved plates, original cloth; Dept. of Agriculture, Ceylon A manual on the weeds of the major crops of Ceylon. 1951. 4to, coloured plates, half calf; and 2 others (7)