Flore ornementale. Essai sur la composition de l'ornement éléments tirés de la nature et principes de leur application [...] Herbier artistique.

Folio: [4]-145-[2-1 bl.] pp.; 152 pl. (some min. browning and spotting throughout, more obtrusive on first and last pp.).

Half red shagreen, marbled paper on covers, spine with 5 raised bands (joints splitting).

Culmination of twenty years' teaching of ornamental composition at the Paris "École royale gratuite de dessin" by the French architect, designer and architectural historian Ruprich-Robert (1820-1887). Arranged in four parts: leaves, plants, flowers, and compositions. Ill. with 152 engraved b/w plates.
Ref. Nissen (BBI) 1705. - Krivatsy 7929. - BnF.