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RISSO, Joseph Antoine & Pierre Antoine POITEAU. Histoire naturelle des Orangers, Paris: Audot, Libraire, Editeur du l'Herbier de l'Amateur, 1818-20.
4° in 2's (354 x 271mm.), half title, title dated 1818-20, 107 stipple-engraved plates only (of 109), printed in colour and finished by hand after Poiteau (lacking plates 17 and 81, last 7 plates waterstained, some plates lightly browned or spotted, some worming to inner margin not affecting text or images, mainly marginal spotting), contemporary boards (worn), uncut.
FIRST EDITION of this attractive monograph on citrus fruit. Poiteau provided not only the illustrations, but also much of the information on the varieties of citrus fruit native to the Tropics. Nissen BBI 1640; cf. Sacheverell Sitwell Great Flower Books, p. 133
4° in 2's (354 x 271mm.), half title, title dated 1818-20, 107 stipple-engraved plates only (of 109), printed in colour and finished by hand after Poiteau (lacking plates 17 and 81, last 7 plates waterstained, some plates lightly browned or spotted, some worming to inner margin not affecting text or images, mainly marginal spotting), contemporary boards (worn), uncut.
FIRST EDITION of this attractive monograph on citrus fruit. Poiteau provided not only the illustrations, but also much of the information on the varieties of citrus fruit native to the Tropics. Nissen BBI 1640; cf. Sacheverell Sitwell Great Flower Books, p. 133