Botany.- Drapiez (Pierre Auguste Joseph) Herbier de l'Amateur de Fleurs

Botany.- Drapiez (Pierre Auguste Joseph) Herbier de l'Amateur de Fleurs, 8 vol., 598 hand-coloured plates only (of 600), some heightened with gum arabic, lacking vol.1 title (supplied with vol.2 title), few plates loose or becoming so, some light browning, foxing, 7 vol. uniformly bound in contemporary morocco-backed boards, discolouration to covers 1 vol. in modern half-morocco, spines sunned, light rubbing to extremities, [Nissen BBI 2324; Stafleu & Cowan 4958], 4to, Brussels, 18[28]-35. *** The first edition with this title, but the work is a re-issue of Herbier Géneral de l'Amateur. Drapiez was only the complier of this work.

Estimate:£750

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