Author: Correvon, [L.] H.
Title: Fleurs des champs et des bois. [Dedication copy with author's typed letter, signed]
Description: Neuchatel, Deleachaux & Niestlé, [1922]. 8vo (20.5 x 14.8 cm). 260 pp.; 75 coloured plates after watercolours by Ms S. Rivier. Original pictorial boards with colourful floral endpapers. = Contains an original letter on the author's printed stationery, and signed by him. The letter is addressed to Madame Merrill "une femme étonnante". The book itself also has a signed, hand-written, dedication by the author to Mrs Merrell, "ma précieuze amie et gracieux mentor" on the dedication page. Louis Henry Correvon (1854-1939) was a Swiss botanist. Boards a bit rubbed, otherwise very good. A unique copy.

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