La Expedición de Juan de Cuéllar a Filipinas [Juan de Cuéllar’s Expedition to the Philippines] [Cuellar]

Author: Lourdes Diaz-Trechuelo / Susana Pinar / Mª Belén Bañas Llanos / Juana Molina Nortes / Domingo A. Madulid / Mª Pilar de San Pio Aladrén

Publisher: Caja Madrid & Lunwerg Editores, S.A., Madrid / Barcelona.

Year: 1997

Size: 27.5 x 23 cm (4to)

Description

196pp., full green cloth in matching decorated slipcase (heavy tome), with texts and numerous coloured plates, sketches and maps. RARE.

The classic collector’s item of this virtually unknown expedition which focused on the flora and fauna of the Philippines, co-authored by the eminent Filipino botanist Dr. Domingo A. Madulid (*1946). This work is based on a co-operation with the Real Jardin Botánico de Madrid, intended as the first of a series to make known the botany of former Spanish colonies.