E. de Puydt / M. Leroy / M. Guibert - Les Orchidées - 1880
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Les Orchidées by E. de Puydt with M. Leroy and M. Guibert, the 1880 first French edition published by J. Rothschild in Paris, in blue demi-leather binding, 348 pages, 27 × 19 cm, illustrated with 244 vignettes and 50 chromolithograph plates, in excellent condition.
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Orchids by E. de Puydt, president of the Society of Sciences, Arts, and Letters of Hainaut. Secretary of the Royal Society of Horticulture of Mons, etc.
Original edition dated 1880.
Editor, J. Rothschild, in Paris.
Magnificent book on orchids.
Illustrated with 244 vignettes and
50 hors-texte chromolithograph plates, hand-retouched and drawn from nature under the direction of Mr. Leroy in the greenhouses of Mr. Guibert, in Passy.
In very good condition, half leather binding in navy blue.
All floors are protected by a serpentine.
Ex-libris in the name of Jean-François de Montigny: Jean-François de Montigny was an administrator of the Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium (OGHB) for many years (at least since 1957). A tribute was paid to him in the magazine Le Parchemin in May-June 2007, the year this ex-libris was created.
Pagination: VIII pages, (Letter to Her Majesty Henriette, table of contents, table of 50 chromolithograph plates, 348 pages, including the alphabetical index. See numerous photos to appreciate the beauty of the chromos.
Dimensions: 27cm x 19cm
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Orchids by E. de Puydt, president of the Society of Sciences, Arts, and Letters of Hainaut. Secretary of the Royal Society of Horticulture of Mons, etc.
Original edition dated 1880.
Editor, J. Rothschild, in Paris.
Magnificent book on orchids.
Illustrated with 244 vignettes and
50 hors-texte chromolithograph plates, hand-retouched and drawn from nature under the direction of Mr. Leroy in the greenhouses of Mr. Guibert, in Passy.
In very good condition, half leather binding in navy blue.
All floors are protected by a serpentine.
Ex-libris in the name of Jean-François de Montigny: Jean-François de Montigny was an administrator of the Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium (OGHB) for many years (at least since 1957). A tribute was paid to him in the magazine Le Parchemin in May-June 2007, the year this ex-libris was created.
Pagination: VIII pages, (Letter to Her Majesty Henriette, table of contents, table of 50 chromolithograph plates, 348 pages, including the alphabetical index. See numerous photos to appreciate the beauty of the chromos.
Dimensions: 27cm x 19cm
Fast shipping, careful and with tracking.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Botany, Natural History
Book Title
Les Orchidées
Author/ Illustrator
E. de Puydt / M. Leroy / M. Guibert
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1880
Height
27 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
19 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
J. Rothschild, Éditeur, Paris
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
348
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