LEMAIRE (CHARLES)
Le jardin fleuriste, journal général des progrès des intérets horticoles et botaniques, 4 vol., half-titles, 405 lithographed plates (numbered 1-430), 28 folding, all but 2 printed in colours and finished by hand, some heightened with gum arabic, numerous illustrations in the text, tissue guards, modern green half morocco, gilt lettering [Nissen BBI 2338; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4376], 8vo, Ghent, F. & E. Gyselynck, 1851-1854, sold as a periodical
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Footnotes
- A finely illustrated periodical, describing "les plantes les plus rares et les plus méritantes nouvellement introduites en Europe", and including approximately sixty orchids and other plants suitable for hot-houses. See illustration overleaf.
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