SCIENCE/BOTANY] - Lot 134

SCIENCE/BOTANY] LEROY (André)] Dictionary of Pomology containing the history, description and figure of the most widely known and cultivated ancient and modern fruits, published between 1867 and 1873. 4 in-8 volumes bound in half cloth, I: 615 pages, 2 folding tables; II: 776 pages (1); III: 444 pages; IV: from (1), then from 446 pages to 880 pages, (1). Rare copy of the first edition of the dictionary of pomology by André Leroy, nurseryman, knight of the Legion of Honor, administrator of the Banque de France branch, former president of the Angers horticultural show, member of the horticultural societies of Paris, London, the United States and several other agricultural and learned societies in France and abroad. The first two volumes list pear varieties, while volumes 3 and 4 are devoted to apples; the last two volumes are devoted to stone fruits, apricots, cherries and peaches. Directory of 915 pear varieties, 527 apple varieties, illustrated in black. Spine of last volume detached. Mottling. Binding rubbed, corners dulled.