Vari AC Multiformes Florum Species Appress Ad Vivum Et Neis Tabulis Incis =: Diverses Fleurs Dessinees Et Gravees D'Apres Le Naturel Tapa dura - 1975

Ilkley, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1975 Tissue-guarded engraved title-page and 30 tissue-guarded engraved plates by the author; No. 68 of a limited edition of 500 copies; First edition thus, a facsimile of the original edition printed in Paris in 1660; Printed on hand-made paper by F. Amatruda of Amalfi; Hardback: brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, marbled end-papers, small folio, issued without a dustwrapper?; Covers showing slight signs of wear, and of fading to top board, internally fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

London: Scolar Press, 1976. Facsimile ed.. Hardback small folio (31.0 x 21.5 cm), no jacket as issued, very good condition, brown cloth cover (gilt spine lettering & logo front cover), sepia (brown-tinted) engravings including title page (tissue guard, few doubled), marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, few faint toned spots, minor edgewear. 64 pp. Nicholas Robert started as a painter of ornamental flower pictures (botanical artist), but his work became more botanical after he was hired by the Duke of Orleans to draw the rare and exotic plants and animals in the Duke's gardens. The Scottish botanist Robert Morison, director of the gardens, is believed to have encouraged Robert to take a more scientific approach to his subject. (No 320 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Facsimile on handmade paper of the original edition of 1660, from a copy in the Lindley Library of the Royal Horticultural Society. Contains 31 numbered full-page engravings, including title page. French… Leer más

Scolar Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. limited edition. number 279 of 500 copies printed on hand made paper. reprint of the 1660 edition. the boards are a little shelf rubbed. the book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.