BOITARD (Pierre). Traité des prairies naturelles et artifici - Lot 99

BOITARD (Pierre). Traité des prairies naturelles et artificielles, ou flore fourragère, containing the cultivation, description and history of all plants suitable for providing fodder [...]. Paris, Vve Bouchard-Huzard, s.d. In-8°, havane calf, cold-stamped decoration on covers framed by a double gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Publisher's catalog in-fine. Epidermal damage to spine, one corner dulled, foxing. ORIGINAL EDITION, with 48 color-enhanced plates, drawn by the author, depicting various prairie plants, with a general summary table. Pierre Boitard was one of the most distinguished French naturalists and agronomists of the 19th century, author of numerous scientific and popular works.