BLANCO, Francisco Manuel

Kixia Arborea

Barcelona: S. Augustini, 1883.

Print. Chromolithograph. Sheet measures 17 7/8" x 11 5/8"

A beautiful tropical tree native to the Philippines, traditionally used by locals as treatment for internal parasites.

Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778-1845) was a Spanish botanist and Augustinian friar. His publication 'Flora de Filipinas' was the second comprehensive study on flora in the Philippines, following the work produced by Jesuit friar Georg Joseph Kamel. From the second (out of 3) edition, the only edition with illustrations.

Illustrator: F. Pardo
Language: Spanish

Price: $185.00

Item #327473

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