Palm trees. Iconographic history. Geography, palaeontology, botany, description, cultivation, use, etc. [...]. [...]. 8vo; 40 plates (text n.c., some normal toning in 1st part, occ. spotting). - First and only edition of this rather rare book on palms by the Belgian politician and internationally recognised authority on palms and orchids Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1844-1906). Ill. with numerous black and white in-text illustrations and 40 coloured lithographic pl. depicting palms by P. De Pannemaker. One folding table. - Ref. Nissen (BBI) 1032.