BERLESE, Abbé Laurent (1784-1863). Iconographie du Genre Caméllia ou Description et Figures des Camellia les Plus Beaux at les Plus Rares Peints d' après Nature dans les Serres et sous la direction de M. L' Abbé Berlèse par M. J.-J. Jung. Paris: H Cousin, 1843. Volume III only (of 3), folio (347 x 265mm). Half title, 74 fine engraved and stipple-engraved plates of camellias printed in colours, and finished by hand, by Auguste Duménil, Gabriel and Oudet after Johann Jakob Jung (only, of 100 in vol. III, lacking plates numbered 203, 208, 212, 214, 215, 216, 218, 220, 226, 232, 237, 239, 241, 244, 247, 249, 251, 253, 254, 261, 267, 268, 269, 278, 280 and 294 [i.e. 26 plates lacking from the sequence which is numbered from 201-300], some plates browned and/or spotted, plate 263 torn without loss and repaired on the verso, text leaves spotted throughout). Later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt. Provenance: Domingo Bezanilla, Santiago (stamp on title and first plate). FIRST EDITION. Brunet II, 744 (listed under Jung); Dunthorne Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries 30; Sitwell Great Flower Books p.50; Nissen BBI 150. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.
