Descripción

Leningrad, NAUKA, 1972. Large 8vo (25.9 x 17.0 cm). 393 pp.; 117 text illustrations. Embossec and silver-lettered brown cloth. Green endpapers with map of the region. = A rare dedication copy of a seldom-seen regional flora of Yerevan and surroundings in Armenia. With a large alphabetical list of Latin plant names. This is the revised and enlarged second edition (first 1945). In Russian with Armenian summaries. The first author, Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian (1910-2009) ". was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus." (Wikipedia). With a handwritten dedication by the first author to "Frans", i.e., the Dutch botanist Frans Antonie Stafleu (1921-1997). A very good, clean copy.