Monday, May 23, 2011

Manuscript of botany.
Bound in vellum with flowered covers

MANUSCRIT, Anonyme.  Cayer contenant les noms et propriété des plantes les plus usueles, mise par ordre alphabétiques. 

sl, sn, 1742.

400 €

8vo (8,7x5,7 inches) of 147 pp., 1 ff.bl., [6] ff.  binding: Contemporary full ivory vellum binding. Flowered covers. Red edges.  Lack of paper in the corner of the 6 folios of the table. A few minor defects to binding.

Manuscript describing the properties of common plants (text in french).

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