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PERIODICALS/ANNUALS -- MAS, A., (ed.). Le Verger, ou histoire, culture, et description avec planches coloriées des variétés des fruit le plus généralement connues. Paris, (1865-1872). 8 vols. W. 384 lovely chromolithogr. plates containing 702 figs. Lge-8°. Prints (except vol. 4) loosely inserted in quires that in turn are loosely inserted in ohcl. portfolios. (Portfolios w. some yellowing, staining & wear at extremities, vol. II, number 90 missprint of the text, prints in vol. IV w. a few annot. in ink in an old hand, prints in vol. IV bound in w. quires, some prints yellowing or offset, some discol. of the Arabic gum, but all images bright & crisp). NOTE: I: Poires d'hiver; II: Poires d'été; III: Poires d'automne; IV: Pommes tardives; V: Pommes précoces; VI: Prunes; VII: Peches; VIII: Cerises & Apricots. Added: additional title-p. for 6 of 8 vols. - Nissen BBI 1295 (w. wrong collation).
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PERIODICALS/ANNUALS -- MAS, A., (ed.). Le Verger, ou histoire, culture, et description avec planches coloriées des variétés des fruit le plus généralement connues. Paris, (1865-1872). 8 vols. W. 384 lovely chromolithogr. plates containing 702 figs. Lge-8°. Prints (except vol. 4) loosely inserted in quires that in turn are loosely inserted in ohcl. portfolios. (Portfolios w. some yellowing, staining & wear at extremities, vol. II, number 90 missprint of the text, prints in vol. IV w. a few annot. in ink in an old hand, prints in vol. IV bound in w. quires, some prints yellowing or offset, some discol. of the Arabic gum, but all images bright & crisp). NOTE: I: Poires d'hiver; II: Poires d'été; III: Poires d'automne; IV: Pommes tardives; V: Pommes précoces; VI: Prunes; VII: Peches; VIII: Cerises & Apricots. Added: additional title-p. for 6 of 8 vols. - Nissen BBI 1295 (w. wrong collation).
