[Rarebooks] FS: LES ORCHIDÉES, 1880, with 50 fine chromolithographs, finished by hand

[Charles Agvent]

DE PUYDT, E[mile]. LES ORCHIDÉES. HISTOIRE ICONOGRAPHIQUE. Organographie 
– Classification – Géographie – Collections – Commerce – Emploi -- 
Culture avec une Revue Descriptive des Espèces Cultivées en Europe. 
Paris: J. Rothschild, 1880. First Edition. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in 
3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards with gilt rules and lettering, 
five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 50 fine 
chromolithographed plates, finished by hand, with tissue guards, and 244 
figures in the text. Light, scattered foxing, including to some plates; 
bookplate on front pastedown; light rubbing to joints. Very Good. 
(#021650)     $900

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