Nouvelle Iconographie des Camellias Contenant les Figures et la Description des plus Rares, des plus Nouvelles et des plus Belles Variétés de ce Genre. 2 Vols. Tome XIII & Tome XII. First editions.
Gand (Ghent), Belgium: Ambroise Verschaffelt, Fils, 1855-1856. 16.5 x 24.5 cm. Quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, green morocco spine labels with gilt lettering. With 96 color lithographs. Sacheverell Sitwell, Great Flower Books,,1700-1900, p. 161. "The work is one of the rarest and greatest of the nineteenth-century camellia iconographies. The..... More