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BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph (1731-1807). Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Tulipes qu' on cultive dans les Jardins des Fleuristes. – Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Jacinthes. Paris: By the Author, 1781.
BUC'HOZ, Pierre Joseph (1731-1807). Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Tulipes qu' on cultive dans les Jardins des Fleuristes. – Collection coloriée des plus belles variétés de Jacinthes. Paris: By the Author, 1781. 2 volumes in one, 2° (412 x 268 mm). Two engraved titles, 40 engraved hand-colored plates of tulips and 20 engraved hand-colored plates of hyacinth. Early 20th century half morocco (rubbing to joints and corners). Provenance : The Warren H. Corning Collection Horticultural Classics (bookplate). A FINE COPY OF THESE RARE SUITES OF FLOWER PLATES , of tulips and hyacinths finely printed and colored by hand. Despite the somewhat dubious reputation of Buc'hoz as a recorder of scientific accuracy, the artistic merits of the plates are beyond question. These two volumes were part of Le Jardin d'Eden which was intended as the supplement to the Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, & de tout l'Ouvrage . Cleveland Collections 541 (GC copy this copy); Dunthorne 66 and 65; Great Flower Books , p.52; Hunt 565 (“Buc’hoz is not beloved of botanists, bibliographers, or collectors of prints”); Nissen BBI 280 and 279 (calls mistakenly ? for 60 and 40 plates); Pritzel 1330.