CANDOLLE, ALPHONSE LOUIS PIERRE PYRAMUS DE. Astragalogia, biserrulae et oxytropidis, nec non phacae, colutae et lessertaia, historia iconibus illustrata. Paris: Joann. Bapt. Garnery, 1802. Folio, 374 x 263 mm., nineteenth-century quarter calf, spine ends and joints worn; endpapers browned and loose, title with a few minor stains and some marginal darkening and fraying, some scattered spotting and soiling (mostly marginal, but affecting some plates). FIRST EDITION, 50 engraved plates by Tardieu, Plée, and others after Pierre Joseph Redouté. Dunthorne 242; Great Flower Books, p. 53; Nissen BBI 319; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 984.

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CANDOLLE, ALPHONSE LOUIS PIERRE PYRAMUS DE. Astragalogia, biserrulae et oxytropidis, nec non phacae, colutae et lessertaia, historia iconibus illustrata. Paris: Joann. Bapt. Garnery, 1802. Folio, 374 x 263 mm., nineteenth-century quarter calf, spine ends and joints worn; endpapers browned and loose, title with a few minor stains and some marginal darkening and fraying, some scattered spotting and soiling (mostly marginal, but affecting some plates). FIRST EDITION, 50 engraved plates by Tardieu, Plée, and others after Pierre Joseph Redouté. Dunthorne 242; Great Flower Books, p. 53; Nissen BBI 319; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 984.

Provenance: Bibliothèque Adrien Dollfus, ink stamp on half-title -- KKM/HSNY, bookplate.

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