(BOTANICAL) Planchon Jules Emile; and L Van Houtte La Victor

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(BOTANICAL.) Planchon, Jules Emile; and L. Van Houtte. La Victoria Regia, au Point de Vue Horticole et Botanique. 5 hand-colored lithographed plates of the waterlily, 2 tinted lithographed plates, illustrations. Large 4to, original wrappers, small repair to backstrip; generally bright and clean with some minor scattered foxing; cloth folding case. Gand, 1850-51

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Records the flowering of the Victoria Regia waterlily in Belgium. It is believed to be the first flowering in Europe and the plates show stages in the flowering process.