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VILMORIN-ANDRIEUX, (HENRY). LES MEILLEURS BLES. Description et Culture des Principales Variétés de Froments d'Hiver et de Printemps.
Paris: Chez Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, (1880). Sm folio, vii, 175pp, 66 stub-mounted color lithograph plates. Publisher's original quarter burgundy morocco over crimson embossed boards, gilt lettered, some rubbing to spine, soiling to boards, lt toning to edges, occasional lt foxing to margins, offsets, otherwise very good. ¶ First Edition of the definitive volume on cereal grains. 'Ouvrage rare et recherche. Monographie fort complete sur les varietes de bles: a grain nu, a grain vetu, tendre sans barbe, d"automne, de printemps, poulards, dures, epeautres, amidonniers ... On doit a la famille Vilmorin les premieres varietes de cereales produites par hybridation.' (Oberle, Fastes de Bacchus).

Offered for US$ 450.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 2991.


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