PERIODICALS/ANNUALS -- BULLETINS D'ARBORICULTURE DE FLORICULTURE et de Culture Potagère. Organe du Cercle d'Arboriculture de Belgique. (Gand, C. Annoot-Braeckman, 1865-1905). Collection of c. 370 chromolithogr. plates taken from the series, loose, alphabetically arranged according to subject and stored in plastic sleeves in 4 folio ring binders. Explanatory texts all added in photostat opposite the plates. Partly tipped in on mounts. -- Added: c. 30 chromolithogr. plates from other sources. NOTE: NB For the sake of completeness the former owner added some plates in photostat, as well as some duplicate original plates; these were not counted.

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