LEROY, André Dictionnaire de pomologie contenant l'histoire, la description, la figure des fruits anciens et des fruits modernes les plus généralement connus et cultivés. Paris les principales librairies, A. Goin; Angers, chez l'auteur 1867-1879 6 vol. in-8° : 615, [4]-776, [4]-444, [4]-445/880-[1], [4]-400, 333 pp. (slightly browned, portrait-front. missing). Green-blue half-chagrin, marbled paper boards (slightly rubbed). First edition of this important work describing over 1,220 varieties of fruit, each illustrated with a black line drawing. The last volume contains the catalog of the pomological library of A. Leroy (18..-1875), nurseryman in Angers. Volumes 1 & 2 devoted to pears, vol. 3 & 4 on apples, vols. 5 & 6 on stone fruits. Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Not in Nissen, Pritzel.

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