LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS, J.L.A. Nouvel herbier de l'amateur. Paris: Levrault, 1838. Large 8vo, 273 x 180mm., later morocco-backed marbled boards, some light browning and spotting to plates. Half-title, 52 stipple and line-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand after Lucie Deville by Giraud and others, printed by Langlois. A continuation of the Herbier général de l'amateur, but much scarcer. Cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4960 (edition dated 1830).

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LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS, J.L.A. Nouvel herbier de l'amateur. Paris: Levrault, 1838. Large 8vo, 273 x 180mm., later morocco-backed marbled boards, some light browning and spotting to plates. Half-title, 52 stipple and line-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand after Lucie Deville by Giraud and others, printed by Langlois. A continuation of the Herbier général de l'amateur, but much scarcer. Cf. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4960 (edition dated 1830).

Provenance: Arpad Plesch, booklabel, (sale, Sotheby's London, 18 November 1975, lot 475).

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