$3,600
Vallet, Pierre (ca. 1575-1657) Le Jardin du Roy tres Chrestien Loys XIII Roy de France et Navarre dedie a la Royne Mere de Sa M[ajes]t[ie] . Paris: P. Vallet, 1623. First edition; engraved title, portrait of John Robin, portrait of Vallet, two leaves of dedication, including poems to the King's mother, 73 full-page engraved plates of flowers; plates lightly waterstained throughout, bound in full contemporary French sheepskin, gilt spine, label and adjacent compartment missing, front hinge broken; marbled endleaves; bookplate of Nantucket watercolorist Edgar Whitfield Jenney (1869-1939) presenting this book to Andover artist George Walter Dawson (1870-1938) in 1926.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
