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IMPORTANT BOTANICAL BOOKS FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN
BOWLES, JOHN (1701-1779). Versailles Illustrated; or, Divers Views of the Several Parts of the Royal Palace of Versailles. London: Bowles, ca. 1726.
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BOWLES, JOHN (1701-1779). Versailles Illustrated; or, Divers Views of the Several Parts of the Royal Palace of Versailles. London: Bowles, ca. 1726.
Oblong 2° ( 318 x 408 mm). Engraved pictorial title and 29 engraved plates by Bowles, showing fountains, water falls, statues and gardens (some browning and staining to title and some margins of plates, a few short marginal tears). Disbound in original wrappers; cloth portfolio.
FIRST EDITION. The last 7 plates contain Fountains in the labyrinth at Versailles representing the Fables of Aesop. Cleveland Collections 394 (GC copy this copy).
Oblong 2° ( 318 x 408 mm). Engraved pictorial title and 29 engraved plates by Bowles, showing fountains, water falls, statues and gardens (some browning and staining to title and some margins of plates, a few short marginal tears). Disbound in original wrappers; cloth portfolio.
FIRST EDITION. The last 7 plates contain Fountains in the labyrinth at Versailles representing the Fables of Aesop. Cleveland Collections 394 (GC copy this copy).