TREW Christophe. Plantæ selectæ. Nuremberg, 1750-1773, ten p - Lot 94

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TREW Christophe. Plantæ selectæ. Nuremberg, 1750-1773, ten p - Lot 94
TREW Christophe. Plantæ selectæ. Nuremberg, 1750-1773, ten parts in one large folio volume, mid-nineteenth-century half-calf binding, six-ribbed spine, red edges. The finest German botanical book in color. Three mezzotint portraits: the author, Christophe Trew; the painter, Georges-Denis Ehret; the intaglio engraver, Jean-Jacques Haid. 10 faux-titres in large black, red and gold lettering and 100 spectacular copper-engraved and hand-colored plates of flowers, plants and fruit. Trew was a physician and botanist in Nuremberg, Ehret the painter executed the subjects mainly after plants from the Chelsea Physic Garden in London. A fine copy of a rare book, here flawless. Provenance: - Library of a castle in western France. Expert : Christian GALANTARIS
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