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Lot 232
Sale 1184 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
May 11, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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$756
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[GARDENS & FLORA]. A group of 8 works, including:
MARSHALL, Humphrey. Catalogue Alphabetique des Arbres et Arbrisseaux. Paris: Cuchet, 1788. (Rebacked preserving original spine.) FIRST FRENCH EDITION. -- THEIS, Alexandre de. Glossaire de Botanique. Paris: Gabriel Dufour, 1810. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY DE THEIS. [With:] AUDAUIN. Autograph letter signed (“M. Audauin”), to Alexandre de Theis. Paris, 29 April 1826. 4 pages, tipped-in. -- DEZALLIER d’ARGENVILLE, Antoine Joseph. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage, oi l’on Traite a fond des Beaux Jardins. The Hague: Pierre Husson, 1715. 18th-century quarter calf. “Nouvelle edition.” -- Pieces pour et contre L’Esprit des Loix. Geneva: Antoine Philibert, 1752. -- PHILLIPPS, Evelyn March. The Gardens of Italy. L et al: The Offices of Country Life et al, 1919. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, various sizes, most illustrated, most in original half or quarter cloth or in contemporary calf, condition generally good. Complete list available on request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil









