[Various] - Revue Horticole - 1854-1856

Revue Horticole – Journal of Practical Horticulture
4th Series – Volumes III (1854), IV (1855), V (1856)
Paris, Agricultural Bookstore of the Maison Rustique

A superb, cohesive collection of three volumes of the renowned Revue Horticole, a reference in French horticulture of the 19th century.

Antique binding in red half-basane, with smooth spine decorated with gold fillets and gold floral motifs.
Very nice presentation in a library.

Each volume contains:

≈ 25 chromolithographs in color per volume
about 75 colored boards in total

Very numerous black engravings within and outside the main text.
Approximately 84 engravings in total.
477 pages for the year 1854
477 pages for the year 1855.
480 pages for the year 1856.

Botanical plates are particularly decorative, with a very beautiful color rendering.

Horticultural articles, agricultural innovations, botanical descriptions, cultivation techniques, analyses of French and foreign works. A valuable testimony on the history of horticulture during the Second Empire.

Very clean interior, fresh paper, excellent planks.

Complete with texts and illustrations.

Bindings in very good overall condition

Light wear on the crowns (heads and feet of the back) and corners — normal use.
Healthy, strong, and very attractive ensemble.

In-8 (approx. 23 × 15 cm)

Rare lot with well-preserved chromolithographies.
Suitable for collectors or decorators.

Reinforced packaging + tracking