TRAITE DES TULIPES

ARDENE, Jean Paul de Rome d'. TRAITE DES TULIPES. Avignon: Louis Chambeau, 1760. 12mo. Nineteenth-century cloth spine, marbled boards. 252, (4) pages, 2 folding plates. First edition. Written by this noted French priest and botanist, this is only the second boo devoted entirely to the tulip. The first, also by Ardene, was published in 1754. The text offers a detailed history of the flower, instructions on its care and cultivation, and a glossary of technical terms. Rare. Only four copies cited by OCLC as being in American libraries. Folding plates by P. Duflos. Very good.