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an open book with writing on it sitting on top of a tablean open book with a picture of the title of a dictionaryan old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surfacean open book on a table with a hand holding a pen
Médicis Enchères - Hôtel des Ventes Lyon

Estimate €200 - €400
Description
BULLIARD. ELEMENTARY DICTIONARY OF BOTANY. Revised and almost entirely rewritten by Louis-Claude Richard, Professor of Botany at the School of Medicine. A work in which… Followed by an exposition… Preceded by a dictionary… Illustrated with XX plates engraved in intaglio with the utmost care. AMSTERDAM, published by the ASSOCIATED BOOKSELLERS, 1800. One volume, in-8 (21 x 13 cm), comprising (2) folios, LII pp., 228 pp., in a full contemporary binding of marbled calfskin. Spine with 5 raised bands, decorated and gilt, bearing the title in gilt on a strip of old red morocco, decorated and gilt edges, red edges. Headband and corners slightly crushed. Handwritten ex-libris on the title page, ex-libris vignette and engraved ex-libris. Complete with the engraved plate in the text and the 19 fold-out engraved plates collected at the end of the volume.
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About the sale ASIA BOOKS MILITARIA
Auction location
Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078116
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