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FLOWER PRINTS -- A collection of rare 18th-century botanical prints in a folio album, comprising: PILLEMENT, Jean (illustrator). Recueils de Différent Bouquets de Fleurs; Ier & IIme, London and Paris, chez Leviez, 1760[-73], 2 engraved titles and 16 plates by Pillement only [Nissen BBI 1532; not in Dunthorne] -- [MONNOYER, Jean Baptiste (illustrator)] Paniers et Corbeilles de Fleurs d'après Nature, Paris, chez J. Fr. Chereau, [circa 1760], 4 engraved plates by Monnoyer [Dunthorne 212; not in Nissen]; Cahiers de Bouquets; Ier & IIe, Paris, J.Fr. Chereau, [circa 1760], 17 engraved plates (?) only by J.J. Avril after Monnoyer [Nissen 1398; Dunthorne 213] -- PILLEMENT, Jean (illustrator). Fleures [sic] Persannes, Paris, chez Leviez, [circa 1770], engraved title and 5 plates (?) only [not in Nissen or Dunthorne] -- CARLE (illustrator). [Cahiers de Fleurs Coloriées, Déssinées d'après Nature], Paris, chez Bonnet, [circa 1785], 30 plates by Duruisseau after Carle only PRINTED IN COLOURS (light browning, spotting, and soiling throughout, 4 plates shaved at margins with slight loss) -- ROUBILLAC (illustrator). Etudes de Fleurs d'après Nature, Paris, chez Mondarc et Jean, [circa 1780], 4 engraved plates of fruits by Roubillac PRINTED IN COLOURS (light spotting and browning) [Nissen 1686; Dunthorne 268] -- PRÉVOST, Jean Louis (illustrator). Principes et Leçons des Fleurs, Paris, chez Demarteau, [circa 1780], 36 stipple-engraved plates only after Prévost and Tissier, printed in sanguine (several browned or stained at margins) [not in Nissen or Dunthorne], together 7 part works in one vol., all folio, contemporary calf, gilt (rubbed, corners frayed).
See illustration on back cover.