Baillon - Dictionnaire de botanique - 1876-1892

Baillon, Henri. Dictionary of Botany.

Complete set in 4 volumes with 33 chromolithographed botanical plates hors-texte (10+7+9+7) and numerous black-and-white figures in the text.

Paris, Hachette et Cie, publisher. 1876 / 1886 / 1891 / 1892. Quarto edition. XII + 788 pages ; 776 pages ; 756 pages ; 340 pages. Half-tan morocco with spine in five raised bands ornamented with the author, the title, the pagination and a central gilded fleuron in each compartment. Volume 1, A-CHIZ; Volume 2, CHLA-GYTO; Volume 3, HAAG-RYZI; Volume 4, SAAD-YELL. Text in two columns.

Drawings by Adrienne Faguet: engraved vignettes and 33 color lithographed botanical plates.

Complete four-volume set in uniform bindings, in very good condition aside from a few light signs of wear (see photos). Interior free of foxing, and the color plates are vivid.

This dictionary was written by Henri Baillon with the collaboration of Messrs. J. de Seynes, J. de Lanessan, E. Mussat, W. Nylander, E. Tison, J. Poisson, E. Fournier, L. Soubeiran, H. Bocquillon, G. Dutailly, E. Bureau, Ch. Manoury, H.-A. Weddell, B. de Montgazon, L. Durand, A. Franchet, etc…