Herbier Colorie De Lamerique Representant Les Plantes Les Plus Rares Et Les Plus Curieuses Qui Se

by Pierre Joseph Buchoz

$60,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary French red morocco, covers bordered in gilt, spines with raised bands in seven compartments, lettered in the second and third, the others with repeat floral and foliate decorative motifs in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges Very rare and beautiful work of American botany: this example with more plates than any other recorded example and in a lovely contemporary red morocco binding. Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz 1731-1807 was born in Metz and appointed

• Binding: Leather

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