SERTUM ANGLICUM 1788; FACSIMILE WITH CRITICAL STUDIES AND A TRANSLATION. The Hunt Facsimile Series, No. 1. (Spine title - "L'Heritier. Sertum Anglicum. Facsimile 1963.")

L'Heritier de Brutelle, Charles-Louis. George H.M. Lawrence (editor). The Hunt Botanical Library. F.A. Stafleu, J.S.L. Gilmour, C.J. King, L.H.J. Williams, and Wilfrid Blunt (contributors).

Edité par Pittsburgh, PA: The Hunt Botanical Library [The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library - Carnegie Institute of Technology], 1963.

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Facsimile edition limited to 2,000 copies (limitation specified upon rear colophon). Reprint of SERTUM ANGLICUM, SEU PLANTAE RARIORES QUAE IN HORTIS JUXTA LONDINUM, IMPRIMIS IN HORTO REGIO KEWENSI EXCOLUNTUR AB ANNO 1786 AD ANNUM 1787 OBSERVATAE published "Parisiis: Typis Petri-Francisci Didot, 1788." Paged as i-xcviii, [6], 1-36, [single-sided or double page b/w plates numbered as 1-15, 15 bis, 16-34], [12]. Hardcover; H 31.25cm x L 20.75cm. No dust jacket (apparently as issued). White spine with bright gilt stamped lettering, marbled paper boards; mild foxing spots along front joint with some soiling lengthwise along rear joint; scuffing at tips of board corners. Ink gift inscription at top left corner of front free endpaper. Interior pages are otherwise bright and clean. A very good copy. Foreword by The Hunt Botanical Library Director George H.M. Lawrence with introductory essays (on pages xiii-lxvi): "L'Heritier de Brutelle, the Man and his Work," by F.A. Stafleu; "The Plants of Sertum Anglicum," by J.S.L. Gilmour, C.J. King and L.H.J. Williams; and the "The Illustrators of Sertum Anglicum" by Wilfrid Blunt. Bibliography on pages xl-xliii with bibliographical references included within "Explanation of Abbreviations" on pages xcii-xcviii. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.25 pounds and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

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• Titre: SERTUM ANGLICUM 1788; FACSIMILE WITH CRITICAL STUDIES AND A TRANSLATION. The Hunt Facsimile Series, No. 1. (Spine title - "L'Heritier. Sertum Anglicum. Facsimile 1963.")
• Éditeur: Pittsburgh, PA: The Hunt Botanical Library [The Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt Botanical Library - Carnegie Institute of Technology], 1963.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
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