Rare Fruit Periodical in Anthology

CONGRES POMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE.  POMOLOGIE DE LA FRANCE.  Eight volumes in four.

Paris: J. Nigon, 1864-1873. 4to. Later cloth. Unpaginated, 380 plates. First edition.

Scarce set with only six sets recorded by OCLC in American libraries.  We have a complete run of this periodical featuring a comprehensive catalogue of fruit cultures complete in three hundred and eighty plates with accompanying leaves of text.  Original wrappers bound in.  Leaves uncut.  A few leaves have repaired tears.  Four plates (56, 58, 59, and 60) have upper tips stained--not affecting images, else very good.

$3,250.00