LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Print

Measurements:

20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (height) by 12.72 in. (32.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Condition:

Vol. 1: blank gutter of plates and text 13 through 15 very slightly punctured, vol. 2: plates 12 and 18 spotted, vol. 3: plates 21, 25 and 26 cropped, some faint dampstaining at end of this volume; vol. 1: half-title torn and repaired, vol. 4: text leaves with sigs. 8-20 and final leaf (i.e. 27 leaves) browned as usual.) Contemporary French red quarter morocco, later marbled-paper over the pasteboards, spines in seven compartments, gilt-tooled and gilt-lettered, gilt armorial in top compartment of the Palais de France, yellow edges (spines with wear, vol. 1 repaired and with a small tear to headcap)

Provenance:

Provenance: Palais de Paris, crest on binding -- Massachusetts Horticultural Society, library stamps and bookplates (sale, Sotheby's New York, 1 October 1980, lot 169) -- Christie's New York, an Important Botanical Library (4 June 1997, lot 147, where purchased for $129,000).