REINWARDT, Caspar Georg Carl (1773-1854) -- COLLECTION of letters addressed to the botanist Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. (1810-30-s). 8 autograph letters by prominent European scientists (naturalists, botanists), i.a. Elias Fries, Thomas Horsfield, Charles Lyell, Leonard Horner, Nathaniel Wallich, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. (Fold.) lvs., for the greater part written on r° & v° (in diff. languages), all signed, 3 w. wax seal. Dif. sizes. (Some small defects).
Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773-1854) was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia.€ 400