Author: Heuzé, G.
Title: Les plantes alimentaires. Atlas contenant 102 épis de céréales de grandeur naturelle.
Description: Paris, Maison Rustique, [1873]. Small folio (26.2 x 17.5 cm). Title page [ii] pp. (plate explanations); 103 engravings on 36 plates after drawings byM. Rouyer and engraved by Davesne. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with four raised, gilt-rolled ornamental bands, compartments with gilt title. Marbled endpapers; speckled edges. = Well-illustrated atlas on the most important cereals from the 19th century, including several varieties of maïs and rice, by the French agriculturist Gustave Heuzé (1816-1907). A former owner counted the illustrations in light pencil and found 103 instead of 102 images. An accompanying text volume is ot present. Boards rubbed, spine sunned, small part of the lower margin of the front free endpaper rubbed away; a few captions a bit shaved, otherwise a very good clean copy. Nissen BBI, 869.

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