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MORDANT DE LAUNAY, Jean Claude Michel (ca.1750-1816), and LOISELEUR DESLONGCHAMPS, Jean Louis Auguste (1777-1849). Herbier Général de l'amateuravec figures peintes d'aprés nature par M.P. Bessa. Paris: Didot Jeune of Fain for Audot, 1816-1827.
8 volumes, 8o (259 x 165 mm). 575 hand-colored engraved plates primarily after Bessa, including one after Redouté and one after Poiteau. (A few leaves with small marginal stains.) Contemporary leather-backed paper covered boards, leather corners, edges untrimmed (rubbed, bumped, a few joints cracked or starting).
FIRST EDITION of this work finely illustrated by Bessa, a pupil of Redouté. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, no complete copy of this work has sold in the last 35 years. A FINE COPY. Brunet III, 1892; Cleveland Collections 795; Nissen BBI 2323. (8)
8 volumes, 8o (259 x 165 mm). 575 hand-colored engraved plates primarily after Bessa, including one after Redouté and one after Poiteau. (A few leaves with small marginal stains.) Contemporary leather-backed paper covered boards, leather corners, edges untrimmed (rubbed, bumped, a few joints cracked or starting).
FIRST EDITION of this work finely illustrated by Bessa, a pupil of Redouté. RARE: According to American Book Prices Current, no complete copy of this work has sold in the last 35 years. A FINE COPY. Brunet III, 1892; Cleveland Collections 795; Nissen BBI 2323. (8)