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Lot 385
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
9:00AM CT
Lots 411-717
Nov 9, 2022
9:00AM CT
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Lot Description
[SPECIMEN ALBUM - ALGAE]. Spine title: "Algues Cotes de Bretagne." Bretagne, ca 1850.
8vo (241 x 177 mm). Album of 119 specimens each mounted to a leaf and identified by its Latin name in ink (with occasional additions in red ink) in the lower right corner. All bound in on stubs in contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt "LB" monogram in each corner (spine sunned, a few scuffs).
Including algae specimens collected on the coast of Brittany.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil