Text: French. The practice of using flowers to convey messages and sentiments. Bound in a highly decorated black cloth binding with bright gilt to boards and spine. Some minor repairs to the binding. Yellow endpapers with a faded inscription dated 1860. Top right corner missing and replaced with a tissue repair. 12 hand coloured plates of flowers with tissue guards. Some oxidation to the plates and endpapers. All edges gilt. Text block slightly uneven. A beautifully decorated book with age appropriate ware. 305 pages. Septieme / Seventh Edition. Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Garnier Frères
Date Published: 1858
Publication Place: Paris
Condition: Good.
Binding: Hardcover.
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