Botanique populaire illustrée. Flore pittoresque de la France [...]. Ornée de 1000 gravures, avec atlas de 82 planches en chromo et une carte agricole.

4to; 83 pl. protected by tissue guards (text n.c.).

Cont. three-quarter brown shagreen, marbled paper covers ruled with a gilt fillet, gilt decorated spine on raised bands (rubbed, corners bumped).

First edition (?) of this didactical work published by J. Rotschild, with contributions of G. Heuzé, Bouquet de La Grye, S. Meunier, J. Pizzetta and B. Verlot. Illustrated with 82 plates and 1 map, all hand-coloured, and with 1.000 ills in the text (some full-page engr.). Text decorated with ornamented or historiated head- and tailpieces, borders, initials (mostly in brown). Ref. Nissen, BBI, 1684 (ed. of 1885).