Cosson E and Germain E (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Both volumes 1845, small 8vo, 'Synopsis', i-xxxi, 275 pp, 'Atlas', i-xvi, 41 uncoloured lithograph plates. Original grained cloth with leather labels, the labels are slightly rubbed, some browning in both volumes but a good set.

Paris, Fortin, Masson, 1845. Small 8vo with 41 engravings. New cloth. = Stafleu and Cowan, 1241. Some wormholing in the text with loss and on about half the plates (6 rather badly).

Paris, Fortin, Masson, 1842. 8vo. 163 pp. Original printed boards. = Signed by one of the authors on the half title, a dedication to the professor of natural history and director of the botanical garden in Montpellier, France, Charles Frédéric Martins (1806-1889). Boards browned towards the spine; small damp stain in the top margin of a few leaves, otherwise very good, clean. Stafleu and Cowan, 1238. …

Paris, Fortin, Masson, 1845. 12mo (17.0 x 10.7 cm). lii, 731, [i] pp.; one engraved map. Contemporary uniform mottled half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt lines and morocco labels with gilt title. Marbled endpapers. = The first of three editions. With a peculiar, round map of the environments of Paris. Stafleu and Cowan: "still regarded as the best available flora of the Paris region". Some scattered foxing and a few ink spots. A very good, attractively bound copy. Stafleu and Cowan 1240.…