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16mo (115 x 75 mm) 2 nn.ll. including the engraved title, VIII, 188 pp., 11 engraved plates, printed in colors and finished by hand. Original publisher’s purple boards, gilt edges, in the original slipcase with the gilt title on spine.
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See Nissen, BBI, 1264-68 (for other works by the same author).
Charming book, illustrated with 12 original etching, printed in color and finished by hand after Bessa, Redouté’s most famous pupil. The plates depict a fruitbasket (title), cherries, apples, red currant, peaches, stawberries and raspberries (one one plate), apricots, renneclaudes, figues, peaches, grapes, and oranges. The accompanying text gives details on fruits, their varieties and properties.
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