Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HOOKER'S WIDOW -DE CANDOLLE (Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame, French-Swiss botanist, 1806-1893); [HOOKER (William Jackson, English botanist and director of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, 1785-1865)].Rare obituary offprint 'La vie et les écrits de Sir William Hooker', with manuscript presentation inscription to Lady Hooker, 1866. [(Paris)]: n.p., n.d. [colophon 'Tiré des Archives des Sciences de la Bibliotheque Universelle / Janvier 1866']. Original offprint in original plain green wraps. 19pp. Text in French. Size: 8vo (page size - 21.8cm x 14cm).Very Good to Good condition. Collated and complete. Old paper stub along spine of rear wrap. Some creasing and marking to wraps, and similar horizontal crease to text block (for mailing?). Mail franking mark to top edge of rear wrap. Light scattered foxing Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.A rare obituary offprint on the life and work of William Jackson Hooker from 'Archives des Sciences de la Bibliotheque Universelle' by French-Swiss botanist Alphonse de Candolle, with a personal presentation inscription in black ink on the front wrap from the author to Lady Hooker.Provenance: Discovered within a bound collection of pamphlets from the library of Dawson Turner, who was a close friend of the Hooker family and was presumably sent the offprint by Lady Hooker (bearing lights folds for mailing). key words:
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Binding: Paperback
Place of Publication: Paris
Non-Fiction Subject: Natural History
Language: French
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Inscribed, Manuscript
Region: Europe
Author: M. Alphonse de Candolle
Publisher: Archives des Sciences de Bibliotheque Universelle
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Year Printed: 1866
Original/Facsimile: Original
