Lot no. 4104
BOTANIK -
Redouté, Pierre Joseph.
Alphabet-flore renfermant 192 dessins, composé des plus belles fleurs croissant dans toutes les parties du monde. With 24 coloured lithogr. plates by Chirat after Redouté.
Paris, Fleury Chavant, no year. [1835]. Gr.-8° (27.2 × 18 cm). Later half leather binding using old covers with gilt-stamped cover title (somewhat rubbed and stained).
Not in the relevant bibliographies. - A work as rare as it is charming, showing eight different flowers for each letter of the alphabet (except J and W) whose names begin with that letter. - The left half of plate D is missing and has been replaced by a facsimile. - Some finger and damp stains and faint pencil marks, plate Q with backed loss in the white lower margin, plate V browned and with foxing.
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