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180 - POIRET (Jean-Louis-Marie). A Philosophical, Literary and Eco…
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POIRET (Jean-Louis-Marie). A Philosophical, Literary and Economic History of the Plants of Europe. Paris: Ladrange and Verdière, 1825–1829. 7 tomes in 8 volumes, in-8, 12.5 × 21 cm, 2 ff., XXIV + 494 pp. & 2 ff., 532 pp. & 2 ff., 500 pp. & 2 ff., 500 pp. & 2 ff., 516 pp. & 2 ff., 496 pp. & 2 ff., 512 pp. & 8 + 6 + 6 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 pp., 128 plates (numbered 127), contemporary binding in light-coloured half-calf, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt and blind-stamped bands. First edition of this important work by Jean-Louis-Marie Poiret (1755–1834), a French botanist and explorer. Illustrated with 128 plates (including plate 16 bis), lithographed by Charles Motte and delicately coloured in period, collected in an atlas volume. A very fine copy in a Romantic-style binding. Waterstains. Slightly rubbed spines. Minor damage to the spines of vols. 6 and 7. Skilful restoration. - Expert: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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