A seldom seen fine atlas

Masclef, A.

Atlas des plantes de France. Utiles, nuisibles et ornamentales. 400 planches coloriées représentant 450 plantes communes avec des nombreuses figures en détail et un texte explicatif des propriétés des plantes, de leurs usages et applications en médecine, agriculture, horticulture, dans l'industrie, l'économie domestique, etc. Complément de la Nouvelle Flore de MM. Gaston Bonnier et Geoges de Layens. [Original, coloured edition].

Published 1890-1893
Item ID 77846
€500.00

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Librairie des Sciences Naturelles Paul Klincksieck Editeur, Paris, [1890]-1893. Three volumes in three. 8vo (23.8 x 16.4 cm). 368 pp.; 400 full-colour plates. Unform 20th-century half cloth over marbled boards. Spines with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers to the text volume bound in.

A beautifully illustrated atlas of French plants, written by the French botanist Amadée Masclef (1858-1916). Originally issued in parts, starting in 1890. The plates deal mainly with the more beautiful flowering plants, but also grasses, and ferns. Uncut, with the largest possible margins. Provenance: small, botanical bookplate of Cyrille Adam on the front pastedown of the text volume. Some minimal spotting to the text; the plates all clean and bright. Stafleu and Cowan, 5579.

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