de Candolle | Plantes Rares du Jardin de Genève, Geneva, 1825, 4 parts in 1 volume, contemporary cloth-backed boards
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November 29, 03:25 PM GTNN
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Plantes rares du jardin de Genève. Geneva: Barbezat et Delarue, 1825
Livraisons 1-4, 4to (333 x 259mm.), 24 stipple-engraved plates printed in colour and finished by hand, the majority by Heyland, contemporary cloth-backed boards, light scattered spotting, some light offsetting, boards slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned
A rare work by the influential Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841). This copy is from the library of the de Jussieu family, known for their eminent contributions to the field of botany from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries
LITERATURE:
Nissen BBI 327; Pritzel 1487; Stafleu TL2 1000
PROVENANCE:
"From the de Jussieu collects ion. | Bought at the sale in Paris | 10th February 1936", i.e. Giard and Andrieux's sale of Jussieu books held in Paris on that date, manuscript note on front free endpaper in the hand of Henry Rogers Broughton and lot ticket of "Libraire-expert | Georges Andrieux" loosely inserted in front endpapers
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