Biology Library Historic Floras and Faunas

• The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands
  • An illustrated book systematically describing the flora and fauna of the southern colonies by Mark Catesby published in 1754.

The following books are all made available by the Missouri Botanical Garden Library.

• Afbeeldingen van zeldzaame gewassen
  • Written by Nicolaas Meerburgh it details fifty different butterflies
• A Description of the Genus Cinchona
  • Written by Aylmer Bourke Lambert with botanical information
• Gramineae Chilenses
  • This folio of grasses was written by Émile Desvaux
• Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae
  • This book on flowering plants by James Edward Smith is illustrated by James Sowerb.
• Iconographie descriptive des cactees
  • Charles Antoine Lemaire's book on cacti
• Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte
  • This book of European medicinal plants by Franz Eugen Köhler is illustrated by L. Müeller and C.F. Schmidt.
• La flore et la pomone françaises : histoire et figure en couleur,des fleurs et des fruits de France ou naturalisés sur le sol français
  • This six volume set by Jean-Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire contains information on the flowering fruit plants of  France (published from 1828 - 1833).
• Plantarum selectarum icones pictae
  • This book was written and illustrated by Nicolao Meerburg.
• Traité des arbrisseaux et des arbustes cultivés en France et en pleine
  • Written by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire and introduced by Andre Thouin.

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