Lot 306
Ventenat, Etienne Pierre
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues, cultivées dans le jardin de J.M. Cels. Paris: de l'imprimerie de Crapelet, [1800-1803]. First edition, 4to (334 x 243mm.), half-title, dedication leaf, 100 engraved plates, nineteenth-century red half morocco gilt, some slight spotting or soiling, binding rubbed, some paper loss to upper board
Footnote
Provenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplate
Note: Dunthorne 253; Great Flower Books, p.79; Hunt, Redouteana 7; Nissen BBI 2048
The Philippe de Vilmorin copy of this important catalogue devoted to newly-discovered exotic species, including a number of descriptions and illustrations of Australian, South Pacific, and South African flora. The plates were drawn by Pierre Joseph Redouté (81), his brother Henri Joseph (8), and others.