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[LOWE, Edward Joseph; HOWARD, William] Les plantes à feuillages coloré. Histoire, description, culture, emploi des espèces les plus remarquables pour la décoration des parcs [...]. Deuxième ed. Nouvelle série. Paris, J. Rothschild, 8vo: viii-pp. (some min. browning and spotting not affecting the pl.). Cont. quarter green shagreen, gilt title on cloth covers, gilt orn. spine on 4 raised bands (corners rubbed), gilt edges. Good, partly uncut copy. Second edition, "new" series" of James Rothschild's translation of "Beautiful leaved plants" (by the English botanists Lowe (1825-and Howard. Complete with chromolithographic pls protected by pink tissue guards showing colourful leaves of plants and b/w wood engr. Ref. Cp. Pritzel - Cp. Nissen (BBI) - Not in Bn-Opale plus.