Lot n° 2
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CAMUS (Edmond-Gustave). - Lot 2
CAMUS (Edmond-Gustave).
Iconography of the orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean basin. With the collaboration, for Anatomy and Biology, of A. Camus.
Paris : Paul Lechevalier, 1921-1929. - 3 volumes of text in-4 and one volume of plates in-folio, half-calf havana with corners, smooth mute spine, cover and spine preserved, for the volumes of text, and havana calf folder, lined with green suede, for the atlas (contemporary bindings).
"First edition of one of the most beautiful French books on the subject of European orchids, illustrated with a photogravure portrait of the author, and 133 plates, 122 of which are in the atlas, and 11 hors texte in the second text volume. The first 110 plates in the atlas are in color.
This copy is complete with the volume of explanations of the plates, which accompanies the atlas and is often missing.
Slightly later bindings.
Used rubbing and epidermis, spine faded, as well as the edges of the folder. Small tears on edges of atlas title leaf."
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