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Asteraceae - Carthamus tinctorius From: La botanique mise à la porté de tout le monde by Nicolas François Regnault. Paris, the author, [1770-] 1774 [-1780]. Hand-coloured engraving by Geneviève de Nangis Regnault (uncut sheet 345 x 495 mm; under passe-partout). Text enclosed.
€ 200
"Perhaps the most impressive French botanical book of the period … Many of these
plates are the work of Geneviève de Nangis Regnault. The book deals with useful
and decorative plants; …" (Blunt).* Pritzel 7475; Dunthorne 256; Blunt pp. 153-154; Nissen BBI 1600; Great flower books p. 72; Stafleu & Cowan 8810. www.meemelink.com | index | Asteraceae |