Histoire des Plantes de l'Europe, et des plus Usitees qui viennent d'Asie, d'Afrique & d'Amerique - VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF 2)
by DEVILLE, NICOLAS; GASPARD BAUHIN
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Tampa , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Lyon: Pierre Duplain, 1766. Hardcover. Good. 16mo (17 cm) - xxxvi,442 pp. - Contemporary full calf (somewhat scuffed and worn at edges); spine with 5 raised bands, gilt floral decorations, title in gilt (volume number scratched out). Interior and illustrations are very fine.- With almost 440 woodcut illustrations of plants (including roots) of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, with text showing names in Latin, French, Italian, Spanish and German. - Very detailed; for instance, 8 varieties of narcissi are pictured.
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- Bookseller
- Bibiliophilia Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SZEPEBKS007627I
- Title
- Histoire des Plantes de l'Europe, et des plus Usitees qui viennent d'Asie, d'Afrique & d'Amerique - VOLUME 1 ONLY (OF 2)
- Author
- DEVILLE, NICOLAS; GASPARD BAUHIN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pierre Duplain
- Place of Publication
- Lyon
- Date Published
- 1766
- Keywords
- BOTANY - MEDICINAL PLANTS - WOODCUTS - ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - FRENCH BOOKS - PRE-LINNEAN - 18TH CENTURY BOOKS
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Tampa , Florida
About Bibiliophilia Books
Formerly Helena Szepe Books of Chicago, we have close to 40 years experience as sellers of antiquarian, rare, and interesting books and ephemera. We have recently moved ourselves and our books to sunny Florida.Specialties: Art, Early Printed Books, Science, Scholarly Books, German Books, Hungarian Books.
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
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