MALO, Charles. - Parterre de Flore avec 12 gravures coloriée - Lot 69

MALO, Charles. - Parterre de Flore avec 12 gravures coloriées - A Paris, chez Louis Janet, sans date [vers 1820] - Small in-12, 1 colored title, IV, 176 pp, 11 colored plates; long-grained red morocco, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, palettes and fleurons, gilt fillets and garlands framing the boards, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt floral garland inside, gilt edges (Binding of the period). First edition with 12 finely colored plates (including the title) engraved by Teillard, after drawings by Pancrace Bessa. The plates feature yellow Tremière Rose, Peony, Lilac, Pomegranate, Larkspur and Marigold, Anthemis, Cloverleaf, Bear's Ear, Tuberose and India Rose, Dahlia and Ranunculus. A fine copy in a decorative morocco binding, with scattered foxing, the plates uniformly browned. (Nissen, Die botanische Buchillustration, 1268).