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VARIN. NUS (Eugène), MERAY (Anthony) / Drôleries végétales. L'empire des l

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VARIN. NUS (Eugène), MERAY (Anthony) / Drôleries végétales. L'empire des légumes.
Mémoires de Cucurbitus 1er, recueillis et mis en ordre...
Paris, G. de Gonet, 1861. Large in-8, [1] f. (fx-title), 310 p., [1] f. (table of plates), red half-maroquin with corners, spine with 5 raised bands, 2 gilt titles, small-ink ornamented caissons, gilt fillet on covers, gilt head, untrimmed [Raparlier] (corners rubbed, sporadic russ., plates on yellowed paper).
Unique edition of this amusing work co-authored by Eugène Nus and Antony Méray, and illustrated with 24 color plates of plant funnies drawn and engraved by Amédée Varin, including a frontispiece title.

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Émile Levavasseur (1828-1911| bookplate engraved by Stern)