Richard Bradley (1688-1732)

The history of succulent plants

No copyright (public domain)

This is the first book that presents short descriptions of succulent plants (including cacti) together with illustrations (50 copper plates). It was published from 1716 to 1727.

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- Interpreted file: Bradley_Succ.pdf. (7.1 MB; 2009-10-6)
- Original file: Can be downloaded from Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL)¹⁾ under the name mobot31753000934726.pdf²⁾ (19 MB).

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You will find there for free other old documents concerning plants.

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