Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des plantes /

The frontispiece is signed: S. Le Clerc in. et f. It depicts a meeting of the Académie royale des sciences at the royal library at Versailles.Errata: page 131.Colophon reads: A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, directeur de la dite imprimerie, M.DC.LXXV.The "Descriptions" (pages 53-131) comprise 39 full page engravings by Nicolas Robert and Abraham Bosse with explanatory letter-press on opposite pages.Engraved title vignette (arms of arms of Louis XIV); engraved head-piece; engraved pictorial initial.Project de l'histoire des plantes -- Descriptions de quelques plantes nouvelles.Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.),Hunt botanical cat.Mode of access: Internet.Gift of Tania Norris.Binding: mottled calf; gilt stamped coat of arms of Louis XIV centered at front and rear boards; gilt triple fillets along edges of boards; spine with 6 raised bands and armorial gilt monograms in compartments; page edges sprinkled red. Bookplate of Dr. Maurice Villaret centered on front pastedown; book label of D. Henry in upper left hand corner