Micheline de Salinelles - Fleurs du Zaïre - 1988

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Fleurs du Zaïre is a French-language illustrated portfolio by Micheline de Salinelles, containing 40 aquarelle plates (38 × 29 cm) on Steinbach paper, published by Pehel Editions Bruxelles in 1988, in very good condition.

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* Collection: a box set of 40 plates representing the flowers of Zaire.

Box size: 42 cm × 33 cm
Watercolor boards size: 38 cm × 29 cm

* The boards are in excellent condition and the case shows some signs of aging, as shown in the photos.

* Preface written and signed by the President of the Republic of the time, Mobutu Sese Seko.
* Original edition on genuine Steinbach paper 300 g, 40 superb color plates (38 x 29 cm), under labeled overlays with description: Scientific name / Family / Order / Vernacular names in English and French / Description of the flower

Watercolors by MICHELINE DE SALINELLES: an artist whose works, periodically exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Zaïre capital, consistently earn her very lively and well-deserved acclaim.

* texts by citizen OHOTO-OMANA LOSOKOLA: Doctor of Science from the Catholic University of Leuven, professor at the University of Kinshasa and vice-dean of the Faculty of Sciences, in charge of teaching of the said Faculty.

* Produced by Paul Loiseau according to the mock-up by Jean Pierre Jacques of Dixmude.

* Classification : Dewey

* Collection: a box set of 40 plates representing the flowers of Zaire.

Box size: 42 cm × 33 cm
Watercolor boards size: 38 cm × 29 cm

* The boards are in excellent condition and the case shows some signs of aging, as shown in the photos.

* Preface written and signed by the President of the Republic of the time, Mobutu Sese Seko.
* Original edition on genuine Steinbach paper 300 g, 40 superb color plates (38 x 29 cm), under labeled overlays with description: Scientific name / Family / Order / Vernacular names in English and French / Description of the flower

Watercolors by MICHELINE DE SALINELLES: an artist whose works, periodically exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Zaïre capital, consistently earn her very lively and well-deserved acclaim.

* texts by citizen OHOTO-OMANA LOSOKOLA: Doctor of Science from the Catholic University of Leuven, professor at the University of Kinshasa and vice-dean of the Faculty of Sciences, in charge of teaching of the said Faculty.

* Produced by Paul Loiseau according to the mock-up by Jean Pierre Jacques of Dixmude.

* Classification : Dewey

Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
Botany, Illustrated
Book Title
Fleurs du Zaïre
Author/ Illustrator
Micheline de Salinelles
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1988
Height
42 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
33 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Pehel Editions Bruxelles
Binding/ Material
Portfolio
Number of pages
40
BelgiumVerified
5
Objects sold
Private

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