XVI [i.e. XVII] leaves, 400 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Date:
1848
1849
Notes:
Title and imprint information from cahier cover.
Imprint date suggested by Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum, vol. 28, page 245. "Cahier 1-12 printed at Saint-Denis, remainder at Paris."
Lithographed plates hand-colored and variously signed: Imp. lith de Desaillet ..., Lith. Pelletier ..., Lith Letellier ....
Leaves of text at end also lithographed.
Issued in 16 cahiers of 25 plates monthly; cahiers 13-16 produced in Paris.
Leaves [I]-[X] not numbered; leaves [XI]-[XVII] numbered X-XVI.
Many captions name Parisian merchants and nurseries as sources for the specimen depicted.
Also available online.
SCNHRB copy (39088000092619) in quarter binding of sheepskin and blue and black paper boards, title in gilt on spine; with original printed blue cahier (of the first) cover bound-in.
