VARIÆ AC MULTIFORMES FLORUM SPECIES APPRESSÆ AD VIUUM ET ÆNIS TABULIS INCISÆ. AUCTORE N. ROBERT. / DIUERSES FLEURS DÊSINNEES ET GRAUEES D' APRES LE NATUREL PAR N. ROBERT. This edition, from a copy in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society, has been printed and bound by The Scolar Press. Printed on paper hand-made by F. Amatruda, Amalfi, is limited to five-hundred copies of which this is number 60

ROBERT, NICOLAS

Verlag: The Scolar Press, 39 Great Russell Street, WC1., 1975

Beschreibung

4to. 8.5 x 12 inches. 31 leaves of plates + [1] pp. reprint imprint. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt, with gilt block of author's monogram on front board. Decorated boards. Top edge gilt, fore and lower edges deckled. A little staining of front board edge; otherwise a very good and attractive copy. Illustrated by 31 leaves of facsimile engraved plates, with captions in Latin and tissue guards. Limited edition reprint on handmade paper of the Diverses Fleurs of Nicolas Robert (1614-84), French miniaturist and engraver, specialising in flowers. He was appointed Painter of Miniatures to Louis XIV in 1664. A scarce reprint of a title first published in Paris c.1660-70. NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE BOTANY BOTANY PLANTS 17TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY/SCIENCE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26027

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Titel: VARIÆ AC MULTIFORMES FLORUM SPECIES APPRESSÆ...

Verlag: The Scolar Press, 39 Great Russell Street, WC1.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1975

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good