Dec 08, 2015 - Sale 2401

Sale 2401 - Lot 403

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BOTANICAL.) Chaumeton, (Francois Pierre); Poiret, (Jean Louis Marie); and Chamberet Flore médicale. . . Nouvelle Publication. 360 stipple-engraved plates in the A la poupée method, many finished by hand. Six volumes. 8vo, attractive contemporary 1/4 calf over marbled boards; scattered minor foxing. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1828-32

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This is a stunning and under-appreciated production, with the plates richly color-printed and exactingly finished. Cf. Nissen BBI 349.