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[Botany]. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Plantes rares du jardin de Genève. Geneva, Barbezat and Delarue, 1825-[27]. In 2nd (325 x 255 mm); [2], 92 pp. 24 plates printed in color and finished by hand (bloomings in the margin of one plate.) Coeval hardback binding with manuscript title to spine, front publisher's paperback of "première livraison" included (provenance removed from paperback). First edition containing descriptions of some species found in the Geneva Botanical Garden, founded in 1817 as a garden by one of the great "fathers" of botany, Augustin Pyrame de Candolle.
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[Botany]. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Plantes rares du jardin de Genève. Geneva, Barbezat and Delarue, 1825-[27]. In 2nd (325 x 255 mm); [2], 92 pp. 24 plates printed in color and finished by hand (bloomings in the margin of one plate.) Coeval hardback binding with manuscript title to spine, front publisher's paperback of "première livraison" included (provenance removed from paperback). First edition containing descriptions of some species found in the Geneva Botanical Garden, founded in 1817 as a garden by one of the great "fathers" of botany, Augustin Pyrame de Candolle.
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