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[HORTICULTURE--FRANCE]. TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE. Institutiones rei herbariae... Paris, 1700. 3 vols., 4to, 237 x 168 mm., contemporary mottled calf, spines richly gilt and with red and green lettering pieces, head of spine repaired on first vol. with hinges tightened; occasional marginal soiling, some plates lightly brownee. Primarily a translation of Tournefort's Elémens de botanique (1694). 2 engraved frontispieces and 489 engraved plates. Bound in at end is Carol Plumier's Nova plantarum americanarum genera (Paris, 1730). Numerous contemporary marginal annotations throughout; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- VAILLANT, SEBASTIEN. Discours sur la structure des Fleurs, leurs differences et l'Usage de leurs parties...et l'etablissement de trois nouveaux genres de Plantes...Leiden: Pieter Van der Aa, 1718. 4to, 258 x 203 mm., eighteenth-century pink deerskin-backed boards, some wear; some light browning and spotting. FIRST EDITION, second issue (as in Hunt) of Vaillant's first important work. Titles in French and Latin with engraved vignette; text in French and Latin. Hunt 446. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- HORNOT, ANTOINE. Traité des Odeurs, suite du traité de la distillation. Par M. Dejean. Paris, 1764. 12mo, 169 x 97 mm., contemporary calf gilt, spine ends and corners chipped and worn. FIRST EDITION. Wellcome II, p. 443; Vicaire 258. Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- SIMON, JEAN BAPTISTE. Le Gouvernement admirable; ou la République des Abeilles...troisieme édition... Paris: Nyon, 1758. 12mo, 164 x 92 mm., contemporary calf gilt; frontispiece shaved slightly. Engraved frontispiece and 5 folding engraved plates. Henri de Juvenel, bookplate; Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate -- DUCHESNE, ANTOINE NICOLAS. Histoire naturelle des Fraisiers... Paris, 1766. 8vo, 164 x 92 mm., contemporary calf gilt. Engraved folding table. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1539. Adrien de Jussieu, bookplate -- CHOMEL, PIERRE JEAN BAPTISTE. Abregé de l'Histoire des Plantes usuelles... Paris, 1738. 3 vols., 168 x 89 mm., contemporary calf, spines gilt, covers skinned in a few places; title spotted in first vol. Fourth edition. Pritzel 1707. Aylmer Bourke Lambert's copy (as per Watson); Adrien de Jussieu, bookplate -- MAPP, MARCUS. Historia plantarum alsaticarum. Amsterdam: P. Mortier, 1742. 4to, 251 x 190 mm., contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, edges stained red, rubbed, front joint repaired, light dampstains. FIRST EDITION. Titlepage in red and black, with engraved vignette, large engraved headpiece at front of dedication. Pritzel 5794; Stafleu & Cowan 5369. Gift inscription on title: "Offret a Monsieur Taillefort...; KKM/HSNY, bookplate. Together 9 vols.
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