London: Lovell Reeve and Co, c.1862. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Half contemporary morocco on pebbled publisher’s cloth, with gilt rulings, and gilt title on upper board. Spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt rulings. Gilt red morocco label on 2. All edges gilt., Notes: A scarce work on the tree that produces anti-malaria quinine, based on prominent botanist Jose Pavon’s (1754-1844) manuscript on trees of Peru and Bolivia. John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) was an English chemist who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine. Scientific works he authored includes The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations, and in dedication to his contribution to botanical knowledge, the genus Howardia of the Rubiaceae carries his namesake. As early as 1827 Howard showed interest in that would prove to be his life’s work, the extraction of anti-malaria drug quinine from the bark Cinchona (cinchonaceae) genus of South American tree. , Size: Folio (495x370mm)., Illustration: Illustrated with 30 hand coloured lithograph plates by W.H. Fitch. 27 of plates are of foliage of the Cinchona Tree and three of the plates are sections of bark. , Provenance: Fidele A Mon Devoir; Biblioteca botanica Christian Heuer, Pages: P. Half title, Blank, Title, Blank, Dedication, Blank, Contents, List of Plates, Introduction (i-xvi), Category: Book Natural History; Book Medical; Book Plate Books Colour;. Very good condition. Plates and text are clean and crisp. Item #B4875

Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Half contemporary morocco on pebbled publisher’s cloth, with gilt rulings, and gilt title on upper board. Spine in six compartments of raised bands and gilt rulings. Gilt red morocco label on 2. All edges gilt., Notes: A scarce work on the tree that produces anti-malaria quinine, based on prominent botanist Jose Pavon’s (1754-1844) manuscript on trees of Peru and Bolivia. John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) was an English chemist who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine. Scientific works he authored includes The Quinology of the East Indian Plantations, and in dedication to his contribution to botanical knowledge, the genus Howardia of the Rubiaceae carries his namesake. As early as 1827 Howard showed interest in that would prove to be his life’s work, the extraction of anti-malaria drug quinine from the bark Cinchona (cinchonaceae) genus of South American tree. , Size: Folio (495x370mm)., Illustration: Illustrated with 30 hand coloured lithograph plates by W.H. Fitch. 27 of plates are of foliage of the Cinchona Tree and three of the plates are sections of bark. , Provenance: Fidele A Mon Devoir; Biblioteca botanica Christian Heuer, Pages: P. Half title, Blank, Title, Blank, Dedication, Blank, Contents, List of Plates, Introduction (i-xvi), Category: Book Natural History; Book Medical; Book Plate Books Colour;.

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