Rambosson,J. Histoire et legendes des plantes utiles et curieuses. Paris, Firmin…

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Rambosson,J.

Histoire et legendes des plantes utiles et curieuses. Paris, Firmin Didot 1868. gr.8°. With numerous, partly fulls. Woodcut illustrations. 3 pp., V, 371 pp. Olwd. with gilt-stamped title. Title and gilt edges (cap. somewhat torn). Pritzel 7408. first edition. - Contains illustrations and descriptions of exotic useful plants. - Book block broken, foxing. - ╔Including: Richard,A.╗ Precis de botanique et de physiologie vegetale. 2 vols. in 1 vol. Paris, Bechet 1852.

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