Null [BOTANY]. PICCIOLI, Antonio (nineteenth century). L'antotrofia, ossia La co…

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[BOTANY]. PICCIOLI, Antonio (nineteenth century). L'antotrofia, ossia La coltivazione dei fiori. Florence: Batelli, 1840. Lot of two beautiful botanical works, illustrated with colored plates. 2 vols, 8vo, (220 x 145 mm). 72 watercolored plates of flowers (light spotting). Early twentieth-century binding in half cloth with gold decoration. [IN LOT WITH:] MASCLEF, Amedee (nineteenth century). Atlas des plantes de France. Paris: Klincksieck, 1891. 2 vols, 8vo (235 x 160mm) 400 loose chromolithograph plates accompanied by text volume (text volume browned and some wear to bindings, plates in very good condition) All in early twentieth-century cloth cases with titles on gilt labels. (4)

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[BOTANY]. PICCIOLI, Antonio (nineteenth century). L'antotrofia, ossia La coltivazione dei fiori. Florence: Batelli, 1840. Lot of two beautiful botanical works, illustrated with colored plates. 2 vols, 8vo, (220 x 145 mm). 72 watercolored plates of flowers (light spotting). Early twentieth-century binding in half cloth with gold decoration. [IN LOT WITH:] MASCLEF, Amedee (nineteenth century). Atlas des plantes de France. Paris: Klincksieck, 1891. 2 vols, 8vo (235 x 160mm) 400 loose chromolithograph plates accompanied by text volume (text volume browned and some wear to bindings, plates in very good condition) All in early twentieth-century cloth cases with titles on gilt labels. (4)

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