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London, John Murray, 1831. Two parts in one. 8vo (25.2 x 16.0 cm). 135 pp. [numbered 129-212; 302-352], including a list of 584 species. Late 20th-century marbled boards. Printed label on the spine. Original printed wrappers bound in. = Early contribution to the botany of the Pacific Islands. This is a part of the third volume of the Botanical Miscellany: containing figures and descriptions of such plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in theb arts, in medicine, and in domestic economy; together with occasional botanical notices and information. By William Jackson Hooker. Provenance: signed by the author and dedicated to Dr. Guillemin, i.e., the French botanist Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (1796-1842). The second part is bound in twice. Sabin, vol. VIII, p. 423 (without number; apparently not seen by Sabin); Stafleu and Cowan, 2999.