Illustrations of the Flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic & Further Illustrations of the Flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic (2 volumes)

Full Title: Illustrations of the Flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic & Further Illustrations of the Flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic (2 volumes; Volumes Two & Four of the Flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic Series)
Second Hand
Hardcover
Author: Matthew, K. M.
Published by: The Rapinat Herbarium

Book Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket: Very Good.
Volume Two: The Illustrations (1982, 1027pp., 960 plates) covers 882 species from 841 general belonging to 170 families, as arranged in Bentham and Hooker. Volume 4: The Further Illustrations (1988, 915pp., 834 plates) covers 820 more species over 74 genera.
Both volumes very crisp, clean and bright internally. Boards very lightly bumped. First volume DJ a little chipped and edgeworn; volume 2 DJ crisp and clean but with a lightly sunned spine. Both very scarce.
For your information, Volume 1 in the series lays out the preparatory material used to create the Flora and Volume 3 is the text volume for Volume 2; presumably volume 5 would be the text volume for Volume 4, however all are very scarce indeed.