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Lot 999: DICTIONNAIRE PRATIQUE D'HORTICULTURE ET DE JARDINAGE. ILLUSTRÉ DE PLUS DE 4000 FIGURES DANS LE TEXTE ET DE 80 PLANCHES CHROMOLITOGRAPHIÉES HORS TEXTE [...]. TRADUIT, MIS À JOUR ET ADAPTÉ À NOTRE CLIMAT, À NOS USAGES, ETC., ETC. PAR S. MOTTET [...].

Est: €150 EUR - €250 EURSold:
Arenberg AuctionsBrussels, BelgiumMarch 26, 2021

Item Overview

Description

5 vol., 4to: 75+1 pl. in b/w (of 80+1) (text n.c., pl. 2, 7, 12, 36, 47 missing; bookblock of vol. 3 loose, loosening of vol. 4). - French translation by Séraphin J. Mottet (1861-1930) of "The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening" by Nicholson (1847-1908), English botanist and horticulturist, curator of Kew Gardens, who was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1897 for his contribution to horticulture. Ill. with 75 chromo-lithographs and one in b/w drawn by Henri Caruchet, R. Godard, A. Lefevre, Elisa Champion, etc. Abundantly ill. in text. - Ref. Stafleu & Cowan 6784. - BnF. - COPAC. - Not in Pritzel, Nissen nor Sitwell.

Artist or Maker

Date

1892-1899

Condition Report

Contemp. black shagreen, spines with 4 raised bands (faded, head and tail def., joints splitting).

Payment & Shipping

Accepted forms of payment: Wire Transfer

Shipping

Extra costs for packaging, payment, insurance and/or mailing are at the buyer's expense. Packing and handling is at the entire risk of the buyer. The auctioneer is not responsible for any accidents or faults or omissions by the postal or carrier services.

Auction Details

D2 - Books and Prints

by
Arenberg Auctions
March 26, 2021, 01:00 PM CET

Wolstraat 19/2, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, 1000, BE

Terms

Buyer's Premium

25.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
€0€49€5
€50€199€10
€200€399€20
€400€999€50
€1,000€1,999€100
€2,000€3,999€200
€4,000€9,999€500
€10,000€19,999€1,000
€20,000€69,999€2,000
€70,000+€5,000

Auction - Terms of sale

The purchaser shall pay, strictly cash, the hammer price, in €, together with a premium of 25 %, eventually plus the resale tax, if applicable: 4 % for hammer prices from € 2000 on, only for original art and if the author died less than 70 years ago.
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Shipping Terms

Extra costs for packaging, payment, insurance and/or mailing are at the buyer's expense. Packing and handling is at the entire risk of the buyer. The auctioneer is not responsible for any accidents or faults or omissions by the postal or carrier services.