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CandoUe, A. P. de. Plantarum historia succulentaruin. Histoire des plantes 

 grasses. Vol. I— II and the unfinished vol. III. Paris, Dugour et Duxand, an 

 VII (1799) sq. Large-Folio. Wi t h, IG^^la t e s by Redout e, printed 

 in colours. In 1 vol. of hf. -leather. " 450.— 



Large Paper copy of this esteemed standard work, of high rarity. The last fas- 

 cicles of the work having been published not earlier than 37 year after the be- n ^ ^ \ 

 ginning, the number of the plates varies in the different copies. Copies containing ^ ib" - 



169 plates like ours rank among the greatest rarities. The British Museum copy of 



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the large issue contains only 168 plates. Brunet states (vol. II. 1537/38): „Les trois 

 livrais. 29 a 31 renfermant les pi. 160 a 185 out ete publiee chez Garnery en 1828 



et en 1829, sans le concours^de M. de Candolle; mais elles ne se trouvent jointes 

 qu'a un trcs-petit nombrc d'exemplaircs . . . Nous n'avons pas vu la 31 e livrais., 

 mais elle est indiquee par M. Pritzel, no. 2185". 



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 strated by Redoute. Besides the printed Index relating to vol. I (= facs. 

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