Husnot P T (2 results)

Cahan, T. Husnot and Paris, Savy, 1884-1890-[1894]. Two parts in one. 8vo (24.6 x 15.6 cm). pp. [viii, 1-284; 285-468] 125 lithographed plates [I-LXXIX; LXXX-CXXV]. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt floral vignettes and title. pattered endpapers. Speckled edges. = A well-illustrated monograph, with some 6,000 figures. The second part simply starts at p. 285, without a half-title or any other marking. Some shelf wear and light toning to two text sections due to a slightly lower grade of paper, and mild spotting to a few plate versos, but nearly all plates and most of the text spotless. A very good copy. Nissen BBI, 960.…

Cahan (Orne), Athis, 1896-1899. Folio (38.9 x 28.3 cm). viii, 92 pp.; 33 lithographed plates. Original printed front wrapper. = A rare privately printed illustrated monograph by the French botanist Pierre Tranquille Husnot (1840-1929). It deals with western European cereal grasses. Well-illustrated. Due to the quality of the paper browned and brittle at edges. First leaves repaired with tape, with very slight loss of text. The plates printed on better paper and in a much better state. Nissen BBI, 957. …