Correvon Henri (5 results)

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 1st Edition. ND but inscribed 1912 with a gift inscription. Colour illustrated boards. 215 numbered plate pages including blank versos.14pp, 100 colour prints with 180 plants. A brief introduction and then a collection of plates with some pages featuring two images in parallel. Rear end-papers foxed and spine rubbed but a lovely book. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.…

Pieghevole di 4 pagine di cm. 20 x 13; con 3 disegni (uno firmato Albert Gos, gli altri con firme non leggibili), fregi tipografici e una poesia del botanico ginevrino Henri Correvon. VG. ** Stampato su carta forte.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. (GG8) Beautifully illustrated hard back with paper binding in good condition with some signs of shelf wear and some smaller cracks to the spine, some fading to cover decorations but overall in good condition. Text in French. Not dated. Color illustrated boards. 215 numbered plate pages including blank versos.14pp, 100 color prints with 180 plants. A brief introduction and then a collection of plates with some pages featuring two images in parallel. Rear end-papers foxed and spine rubbed but a lovely book.**Shipping prices may vary from quotes given on website, please contact us directly. Pictures upon requests.**.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1716 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 27 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 27.…

Torino, Carlo Clausen, 1898. In-8° piccolo (16 x 11), pp. XV+166+(3), con 144 tavv. f.t. Leg. tela edit. con titoli ai piatti ("Legatoria Fornara"). Ottimo es. (12541) Prima edizione italiana di questo volumetto "tascabile" sulla flora alpina, corredato di 144 tavole a colori assai ben delineate. Il botanico Henri Correvon fu Direttore del "Jardin alpin d'acclimataion de Genève", il cui vivaio vendeva pure le principali piante della flora alpina, e pubblicò diverse opere nonografiche sull'argomento. Questa traduzione è corredata di una sua prefazione ed è dedicata agli "amici del Club Alpino Italiano. Chanoux, Marguerettaz Gruenwald, Piccinelli e Bonelli". Perret, n. 1124, cita l'ediz. francese del 1894: "Excellent guide illustré sur la flore de montagne. Recherché, notamment pour ses illustrations" (par A. Jobin). Cat. Bibl. Naz. del CAI, p. 34.…