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Seringe, Nicolas Charles: Flore
des jardins et des grandes cultures ou description des plantes de
jardins, d’orangeries et de grandes cultures, leur multiplication, l’époque
de leur fleuraison et de leur fructification, et leur emploi, ... Paris, H. Cousin & Lyon, Charles Savy jeune, 1845 (vol. 1), Lyon, Charles Savy jeune & Paris, Librairie agricole de la Maison rustique, 1849 (vol. 2-3), 3 vols., pp. xxxii, 606, 45 small woodcuts and 11 plates; xii, 589, 11 plates; xii, 636, 9 plates (plate 9 hand-coloured); 8vo, morocco-backed boards, gilt-decorated, blind-stamped and ruled spines. Nice set.
€ 500
The original issue (volume 1 was reprinted with a changed title-page in
1849). Seringe (1776-1858) was professor of botany and director of the
botanical garden at Lyon 1830-1858. With delicately engraved plates.* Pritzel 8625; Jackson p. 406; Stafleu & Cowan 11.723. Not in Nissen BBI. www.meemelink.com · ornamental plants |