G.C. Oeder and others (ed.): Icones Plantarum sponte nascentium in Regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in Ducatibus Slesvici et Holsattiæ, et in Comitatibus Oldenburgui et Delmenhorstiæ: Ad illustrandum opus [...] Floræ Danicæ [...]. 8 vols. (tomus I-VIII, Fasc. 1-24). Folio. Cph 1761-1810. Illust. with 1440 orig. engraved and handcoloured plates of plants, numb. I-MCCCCXL. Each volume with common title page. All vols. bound in half calf. (8) "Flora Danica" is the most extensive illustrated work in the Danish history of printing with 3240 hand-coloured engravings of Danish plants and flowers. Georg Christian Oeder (1728-91) was the first director of the Danish Botanical Garden and as part of this job he planned the monumental work "Flora Danica" which was completed in 1883, nearly 120 years after the first part was issued.Oeder was fired as editor in 1772 and replaced by the zoologist O.F. Müller. Eleven different botanists after Müller were in charge of publishing "Flora Danica".A nice set containing 1440 very clean and handcoloured plates. G.C. Oeder and others (ed.): Icones Plantarum sponte nascentium in Regnis Daniæ et Norvegiæ, in Ducatibus Slesvici et Holsattiæ, et in Comitatibus Oldenburgui et Delmenhorstiæ: Ad illustrandum opus [...] Floræ Danicæ [...]. 8 vols. (tomus I-VIII, Fasc. 1-24). Folio. Cph 1761-1810. Illust. with 1440 orig. engraved and handcoloured plates of plants, numb. I-MCCCCXL. Each volume with common title page. All vols. bound in half calf. (8) "Flora Danica" is the most extensive illustrated work in the Danish history of printing with 3240 hand-coloured engravings of Danish plants and flowers. Georg Christian Oeder (1728-91) was the first director of the Danish Botanical Garden and as part of this job he planned the monumental work "Flora Danica" which was completed in 1883, nearly 120 years after the first part was issued.Oeder was fired as editor in 1772 and replaced by the zoologist O.F. Müller. Eleven different botanists after Müller were in charge of publishing "Flora Danica".A nice set containing 1440 very clean and handcoloured plates. Estimate DKK : 150000 / 175000