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[SPECIMEN ALBUMS - PLANTS OF THE PYRENEES]. BORDÈRE, Victor Henri (1825-1889). A group of three sample books by the French botanist, circa 1880s, including:
Flore des Pyrénées, Flore des Pyrénées, (another sample book with the same title), and Souvenir des Pyrénées. Oblong 4tos. Approximately 216 total samples on 95 total leaves. With manuscript or printed captions by the author. Original cloth spines over textured boards, front boards lettered in gilt, two with manuscript title-pages by Bordère (general wear, soiling, one volume with scuffing to front board partially obscuring the gilt title). Provenance: one of the Herbariums has Bordère’s bookplate, the other two have his manuscript notes.