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ALYON (Pierre-Philippe). Cours de botanique pour servir à l'éducation des enfans de S.A. Sérénissime Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, où l'on a assemblé les plantes indigènes et exotiques employées dans les Arts et dans la Médecine. Paris, by the author and Aubry, [c. 1787]. Folio, paperback, paper cover. First edition of this splendid botanical work, intended for the education of the children of the Duke of Orleans, the future Philippe Égalité. Published as a delivery, we have here only a fascicle including a 36 pp. study, an engraved and gilt title, decorated with the arms of the Duke of Orleans engraved in colors, and 13 plates drawn and colored after nature by the engraver Jean Aubry. Good condition inside. Cover worn, angular lack to the title page.
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ALYON (Pierre-Philippe). Cours de botanique pour servir à l'éducation des enfans de S.A. Sérénissime Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans, où l'on a assemblé les plantes indigènes et exotiques employées dans les Arts et dans la Médecine. Paris, by the author and Aubry, [c. 1787]. Folio, paperback, paper cover. First edition of this splendid botanical work, intended for the education of the children of the Duke of Orleans, the future Philippe Égalité. Published as a delivery, we have here only a fascicle including a 36 pp. study, an engraved and gilt title, decorated with the arms of the Duke of Orleans engraved in colors, and 13 plates drawn and colored after nature by the engraver Jean Aubry. Good condition inside. Cover worn, angular lack to the title page.
