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a drawing of two stalks of wheat on a white backgroundan open book on a white table with a black and white titlean open book with a drawing of a line of trees on itan open book with a drawing of a plant and a drawing of a treean open book with a drawing of two stalks of wheatan open book with drawings of corn on the coveran old book sitting on top of a white table next to a white walla hand holding a book that has been cut openan old book with a blue cover sitting on top of a white surface
KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

201 - HEUZÉ, Gustave. Food Plants. Atlas. Containing 102 life-size…
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Estimate €80 - €100
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HEUZÉ, Gustave. Food Plants. Atlas. Containing 102 life-size cereal ears. Paris, Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, n.d. [1873]. Quarto, green half-basane, spine with raised bands highlighted by gilt garlands. 2 unnumbered folios and 36 plates. Spine sun-faded, with two classification labels at the top and bottom; top cap partially missing; binding scuffed. The atlas alone, in its first edition, containing 36 plates based on drawings by L. Rouyer and engraved on steel by M. Davesne: wheat, rye, oats and maize. Gustave Heuzé (1816–1907), an agronomist, spent most of his life in Île-de-France: director of the Grandjouan farm, lecturer at the École nationale d’agriculture de Grignon and later at the Institut agronomique de Paris. Plates in good condition.
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Auction time 07/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
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