Description: Large 4to., (13 x 9 6/8 inches). Letterpress title-page, 2-page "Avertissement", "Alphabetique et Explicative…" (the latter quite spotted). 144 BRIGHT stipple-engraved plates BEFORE NUMBERS, printed in colors and finished by hand, by Langlois, Bessin, Chapuy, and Victor, after Redouté (some thinning and offsetting of original hand-color, plates 39 "Figue violette", 42 "Fritillire Imperiale", and 54 "Althea Frutex" with short closed tears intruding on the plate mark, plate 107 "Grenade" with a ... read more
Description: Large 4to., (12 4/8 x 9 2/8 inches). Letterpress title-page, 2-page "advertisement", "Table Alphabétique et Explicative des plantes figurées dans cet ouvrage (9 leaves, paginated [1]-17, verso of 9th leaf blank), final blank leaf. 144 fine stipple-engraved plates BEFORE NUMBERS, printed in colors and finished by hand, by Langlois, Bessin, Chapuy, and Victor, after Redouté (some occasional light browning, one or two insignificant spots). Contemporary French half maroon morocco gilt, marbled ... read more
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