[Philippineninsel Luzon. ‘Vegetation in der Ebene des Flusses Passig.] [sic] ‘[Vegetation in the Pasig River Basin]

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etching; . Very few copies known to exist. UNBELIEVABLY RARE.

View from “Vierundzwanzig Vegetations-Ansichten” [24 Views of Vegetation] Tafel 23; title of print is taken from the album text. This work includes another view of the Philippines as Tafel 24 “Luzon: Obere Savannengegend”. This album is an altogether separate publication from the more famous and equally rare Atlas of the ‘Voyage autour du Monde… l’Empereur Nicolas I.er. sur la Corvette Le Séniavine…pendant les annees 1826, 1827, 1828 & 1829, Partie historique”, which documents the Russian Circumnavigation of Fréderic. P. Lütke. These 24 views compliment the lithographs contained in the Atlas.