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Rare and modern books

Sirodot, S.

Les batrachospermes, organisation, fonctions, développement, classification.

200.00 €

Schierenberg Bookshop Antiquariaat

(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Sirodot, S.

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Paris, Masson, 1884. Very large 4to (34.0 x 226.5 cm). 305 pp., 50 engraved plates after Sirodot and Bezier. Contemporary half morocco over embossed linen boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title and vignettes. Gilt text (price binding) on the front board. Marbled endpapers. = An important and rare work of freshwater algae with splendid detailed plates. Written by the French botanist and algae specialist Simon Sirodot (1825-1903). It was published in a plain and a coloured edition. This copy is not coloured. The binding is sumptuous; gilt text "Prix offert par M. le Ministre de Instruction Publique M. Carette" on the front board. Boards a bit rubbed at the edges, erased library stamp on the title page, a few stamps on text pages, one text page with a smudge, some light, marginal foxing, otherwise a good complete copy. Nissen BBI, 1852.
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