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Complete first edition in 17 volumes - REVEIL (G.), GERARD (Fr.), DUPUIS (A.), HERINCQ (F.). The Vegetable Kingdom. Paris, Guérin, [1864-1871], 17 vols. 4° (different format for the text and the atlas), red half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 nerves, author, title and head gilt (bindings rubbed or even rubbed out, corners dull, scattered foxing). First edition of this important botanical work. Complete with all volumes and its 411 plates mounted on mitre, finely engraved and enhanced with watercolours presenting nearly 3 000 plants, flowers, trees, lichens, etc. This work is divided into 5 classes:1. Traité de botanique générale (2 vols. of text and 2 atlases: 53 and 50 plates) - 2. Flore médicale et usuelle (3 vols. of text and 3 atlases: 50, 50 and 50 plates) - 3. Horticulture. Vegetable and fruit gardens (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 56 plates) - 4. Horticulture. Ornamental plants (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 52 plates) - 5. Agricultural and forestry plants (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 50 plates) - 6. The history of botany as a supplement to the study of the plant kingdom (1 vol. of text and 4 large folding maps).
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Complete first edition in 17 volumes - REVEIL (G.), GERARD (Fr.), DUPUIS (A.), HERINCQ (F.). The Vegetable Kingdom. Paris, Guérin, [1864-1871], 17 vols. 4° (different format for the text and the atlas), red half-chagrin with corners, spine with 4 nerves, author, title and head gilt (bindings rubbed or even rubbed out, corners dull, scattered foxing). First edition of this important botanical work. Complete with all volumes and its 411 plates mounted on mitre, finely engraved and enhanced with watercolours presenting nearly 3 000 plants, flowers, trees, lichens, etc. This work is divided into 5 classes:1. Traité de botanique générale (2 vols. of text and 2 atlases: 53 and 50 plates) - 2. Flore médicale et usuelle (3 vols. of text and 3 atlases: 50, 50 and 50 plates) - 3. Horticulture. Vegetable and fruit gardens (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 56 plates) - 4. Horticulture. Ornamental plants (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 52 plates) - 5. Agricultural and forestry plants (1 vol. of text and 1 atlas of 50 plates) - 6. The history of botany as a supplement to the study of the plant kingdom (1 vol. of text and 4 large folding maps).
