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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
A fine quality work published at the peak of French abilities in this field. The delicate little plates display the engravers talents to the full. Oak Spring Flora describes the work as an “exquisite little volume, dedicated to the popular flower”. The work contains a history of roses and descriptions of a small selection of the more popular varieties. Notes are also provided on their properties and cultivation including some poems and an appendix. The plates were drawn by Pancrace Bessa and engraved by Teillard. Dunthorne 36; Nissen 1266; Oak Spring Flora no. 79.
MALO, Charles
Histoire des Roses ... ornee de 12 planches, en couleur
P. Didot for Louis Janet, Paris, [1818]
Duodecimo, full contemporary French calf, gilt, new joints. Gilt edge. With engraved title page with stipple engraved vignette and 12 stipple engraved plates by Teillard after Pancrace Bessa printed in colour and finished by hand.
Stock number: 1481
SOLD