DESFONTAINES, René Flora atlantica, sive Historia plantarum, quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt. 1799-1800 Panckoucke for Blanchon, 2 vol., cont. half calf (spine of vol. 1 rebacked, corners bumped, covers rubbed), flat spines...
Estimation :
900 / 1200
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
(sl. rubbed, upper joints first vol. splitting, spine 2nd vol. loosening), [6]-xx-444-[4] pp., 117 pl. (some spotting, waterstains on upper margin growing near the end of the vol., touching some pl., 2 diff. pl. numb. 76 and 76bis), [4]-458-[4] pp.-117/261 pl. (some spotting, waterstains on upper right corner touching some pl., 2 diff. pl. numb. 254).
"Very fine and beautiful work, representative of the best line engraving" (Dunthorne). During his stay in Tunesia and Algeria the French botanist Desfontaines (1750-1833) laid the foundation of his flora. He collected over a thousand plant specimens and introduced more than three hundred new genera to Europe. Illustrated with 263 engr. pl. after P.J. and H.J. Redouté. Bookpl. Bibliotheca botanica Christien Heuer.
"Very fine and beautiful work, representative of the best line engraving" (Dunthorne). During his stay in Tunesia and Algeria the French botanist Desfontaines (1750-1833) laid the foundation of his flora. He collected over a thousand plant specimens and introduced more than three hundred new genera to Europe. Illustrated with 263 engr. pl. after P.J. and H.J. Redouté. Bookpl. Bibliotheca botanica Christien Heuer.
