Live auction - Lot 699
[Botany]
Dictionnaire raisonné universel des plantes, arbres et arbustes de la France; contenant la description raisonnée de tous les végétaux du Royaume [...].
BUC'HOZ, Pierre-Joseph
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Lot description
Paris, J.P. Costard, 1770-1771
4 vol., 8vo: [4]-viii-xii-650, [4]-651-[1 bl.], [4]-643-[1], [4]-352-ccxliv pp. (some min. spotting, some paperflaw on pp. 353 and 423 of the 1st vol. and on p. 1 of the 3rd vol.; first quire 1st vol. wrongly bound).
Cont. marbl. calf, gilt orn. flat spines (heads and tails def., 4th vol. with sl. diff. decor.), red edges, marbl. endpapers. Good copy.
1st edition of this botanical dictionary by P.J. Buc'hoz (1731-1807), physician to King Stanislaus of Poland. Ref. Conlon 70:676 (= BL, BN, NUC). - Pritzel 1323. - Stafleu & Cowan I:874.
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