Des Jacintes, de leur anatomie, reproduction et culture.
Saint-Simon, Maximilien-Henri, marquis de
Category
Books
Date
1768
Materials
Place of origin
Amsterdam
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3077589
Summary
Bibliographic description
IV, [5]-164, [4], VIII, 15, [1] p., X leaves of plates :. ill.. 4to. Accession no. 5511. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Louis XVI. L.-C. Richard 'profess, parisius', (manuscript note on first free flyleaf verso, probably the professor of botany (1754-1821) at the Ecole de Médecine). 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.37. Binding: contemporary French red morocco, triple fillet, arms of Louis XVI on both covers with fleurs-de-lis in the corners. Spine gilt with two sizes of fleurs-de-lis, stars and dots, and a fleur-de-lis pallet. Green lettering-piece. Red and white headbands, gilt edges, leaf-marbled endleaves.
Makers and roles
Saint-Simon, Maximilien-Henri, marquis de