VILMORIN, Maurice L. de. and D(ésiré G. J. M.) BOIS.   FRUTICETUM VILMORINIANUM - Catalogus Primarius -   Catalogue Des Arbustes Existant En 1904 Dans La Collection De M. Maurice Levêque De Vilmorin Avec La Description D'Espèces Nouvelles Et D'Introduction Rècente.       Paris: Librairie Agricole / O. Doin,   1904.          A catalogue of the extensive collection of shrubs assembled by Maurice de Vilmorin at his estate at Les Barres. Over five thousand varieties are listed with notations of country of origin and, occasionally, a detailed account and commentary on a noteworthy example. The catalogue was compiled for the use of fellow botanists and collectors, rather than for any commercial purpose, with the particular intention of encouraging plant exchanges with readers who might possess rare shrubs still lacking from his collection.   4to (27.5 x 18.7 cm); xvi + 284 pp. with occasional wood-engraved illustrations.            Recent quarter cloth with marbled boards and leather spine label, original wraps bound in. *** Author's presentation copy, inscribed by Bois on half-title. $250.00

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