Russian botanical work blooms in Germany
Along with Pallas’ 'Flora Russica', the 'Icones Plantarum novarum… floram Rossicam' of the German-Estonian botanist Carl Friedrich von Ledebour is recognised as one of the great works on Russian flora.
Sold for €60,000 (£51,960) as part of the botanical section of a Reiss & Sohn (18% buyer’s pre…