Illustrations of Chinese Ferns (Icones Filicum Sinicarum. Fascicle 5, Plates 201–250)
Peking (Beijing): Academia Sinica, Institute of Botany, 1958. Folio in original printed paper wrappers with bilingual Chinese and English titles. Wrappers show expected wear with small edge tears, tape shadows, and minor creasing; corners softened. Text and plates printed on heavy cream stock, complete and clean throughout with only light toning. Condition: Fair to Good, complete and structurally sound.
The fifth fascicle of Ching’s Icones Filicum Sinicarum contains fifty finely executed plates documenting Chinese fern species, printed on heavy cream stock. A landmark in twentieth-century pteridology, the work combines detailed scientific taxonomy with elegant botanical illustration. Issued in limited numbers for research institutions and seldom found in private collections.
Ren-Chang Ching (1898–1986), professor of taxonomy at the Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, was the leading authority on Chinese ferns and a major figure in modern Asian botany.
. Fair to Good. Item #395Price: $225.00