Flowers: Rock Plants by de Montherlant, Henry (intro) & Arlette Davids (S P Skipwith trans)

London: The Hyperion Press, 1939. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 14.5" by 11". Arlette Davis. A bright copy of this beautifully and colourfully illustrated volume of rock plants, enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper. A delightful volume on rock plants and flowers, in particular various species of cacti. The first English edition of this work, originally published in Paris in the same year. Including a preface by Henry de Montherlant, a French essayist and dramatist. Translated from the original French by S.P. Skipwith. Beautifully and colourfully illustrated with forty brilliantly illustrated plates in colour, collated and complete.  All illustrations by artist Arlette Davis, showcasing plants such as the 'cephalocereus polylophus', 'echinocactus grusonii', 'opuntia bergeriana', and many more. Enclosed in the original pictorial dust wrapper.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with shelf wear to the boards and some very light staining to the extremities.… Read More

The Hyperion Press, Paris, 1939; First Edition; Folio, 86 pages; tan linen cloth; blue titles. Splendid collection of forty brilliant full-page color gravure plates of cactus and succulents in full bloom, Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Ficoidae, Iiliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Euphorbiaceae, all magnificently painted by Arlette Davids, with preface by Henry de Montherlant. Finely printed and bound in Paris. Blocks engraved by Les Artes Photographiques Applique, plates printed by L. Delaporte, text by G. Desgrandchamps, binding by Joseph Taupin. Text in English, translated from the French by S.P. Skipworth. Fine, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket that has a 1" chip in the blank area at bottom of the spine panel, not affecting titles or graphics. Clean, crisp, bright, no foxing, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A sumptuous book.