[Blocquel, Mme.]

Art De Confectionner Les Fleurs Artificielles; Nouvelle edition orne de figures et dediee aux Dames.

Paris: Librarie Delarue, [1850].

Duodecimo, 272, [11] pages, with twenty-five numbered plates (some double-page), plus thirty-two supplemental plates lettered a-z and aa-ff. New edition. Date supplied via OCLC. A lovely small manual for the creation of sugar flowers, a pastime for genteel Victorian women. Some creasing to original printed wrappers at spine, and a bit of paper restoration to corners of wrapper, otherwise fine. In a later chemise and slipcase with spine label. [OCLC locates thirteen copies of all printings].

Price: $350.00