Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 354

 
Pierre Joseph Redouté - Les roses. Bd. 2 (v. 3)


354
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Les roses. Bd. 2 (v. 3), 1826.
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,700
Sold:
€ 3,360 / $ 3,628

(incl. surcharge)
[Redouté, P. J., Les roses. Décrites par C. A. Thory]. (Bd. II bzw. III) in 1 Bd. With 79 colour-engr. plates with retouchings by P. J. Redouté (of a total of 160). [Paris, C. L. F. Panckoucke 1824-26]. Contemp. half calf. Large 8vo.
MacPhail 40. - Werger/Burton 920. - Nissen 1599. - Plesch 631. - Sitwell/Blunt p. 128. - Second edition of the nice book on roses, the firsat octave edition. - Published in a total of 40 issues, these are isuues 21-40. - Lacking title. Text foxed, the plates mostly clean, somewhat cropped close in places (size of paper ca. 22,5: 15 cm). Binding scraped and with defective spot.




354
Pierre Joseph Redouté
Les roses. Bd. 2 (v. 3), 1826.
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,700
Sold:
€ 3,360 / $ 3,628

(incl. surcharge)