MOTTET, S. - Les Arbres et les Arbustes d'ornement de pleine - Lot 72

MOTTET, S. - Les Arbres et les Arbustes d'ornement de pleine terre... Description of the main trees, species and varieties of ornamental trees and shrubs, their propagation, training, planting, maintenance... Preface by M. D. Bois. 235 figures. 40 plates hors-texte - Paris, Baillière, 1925 - Large in-8, XI, 576 pp, 1 port, 40 plates h.t., 235 figs in-text; red half-maroquin, ribbed spine richly decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets, gilt stippling, covers preserved. (20th century binding). The most complete and highly regarded edition of this work, which remains one of the best references on the subject to this day. A very fine copy in a decorative binding, in uncommon condition.