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1095
BOTANY -- LIRON D'AIROLES, J. de. Album de la Civélière, contenant les figures et descriptions des principales introductions agrico-horticoles qui y on été faites depuis l’année 1851. [Royal dedication copy]. Brux., F. Parent, 1855. ix, 64 pp. W. half-ti., letterpress ti. w. woodcut floral vign., additional pictorial lithogr. ti. w. woodcut vign. on verso, dedication leaf by the author to the Comte de Chambord & 28 handcold. lithogr. plates w. explanatory text. Lge-4°. Or. printed wrps. Loosely inserted into a cont. custom made dark blue pebbled mor. portfolio, spine w. raised bands, gilt title on spine & front cover, silky paper on pastedowns. (Some light unobtrusive spotting).
Dedication copy of this extremely rare and attractive work on horticulture. According to Barbier only 20 copies were issued, and the number of plates is dissimilar in all copies known. For instance, a copy in the Nantes library has but 22 plates. La Civélière is the name of the farm and nursery near Nantes where the plants were raised. Only one part was published. However, the Plesch copy does contain a second volume, though it seems to be the sole such copy recorded. The text contains a few sections which are not illustrated, whereas several plates have no text, however, this conforms with the index. Of the pear, Beurré clairgeau there are two different plates, as called for in the index. One Azalea plate is mounted, facing corresponding text on p. 49, but it is from an unrelated work and not listed in the index, and, therefore, it is not counted. Provenance: 1: With a dedication leaf to "Monseigneur le Comte de Chambord", i.e., Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d’Artois, Comte de Chambord, nominally Duke of Bordeaux and "King Henry V" [believed to have reigned from 2 to 9 August 1830] (1820-1883). He was the grandson of Charles X of France, and son of the assassinated Duc and Duchesse de Berry. 2: Maggs Bros (printed book label in French, noting acquisition of Henri V’s library); armorial bookplate on the front board verso (pastedown) of the Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973). - Barbier 1, 90; Plesch 313.€ 6500
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