Live auction - Lot 615
[Botany - Horticulture]
La Belgique horticole, journal des jardins, des serres et des vergers.
Liège, Direction générale, 1851-1874
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Lot description
24 vol., 8vo (occ. spotting, foxing).
Contemp. half red shagreen, blind decorated red cloth on covers, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, brown spr. edges (sm. traces of use, spines vol. XVI-XVII sl. faded).
Important botanical journal illustrated with 464 hand-coloured lithogr. plates (some fold.) by G. Severyns and L.&P. Stroobant showing flowers and fruits, protected with tissue guards. Many b/w plates and illustrations in-text.
Ref. Nissen (BBI) 2218. - Pritzel 6488.