2016 624 p., 830 col. illustrations/pls, small folio, cloth (dust jacket) in paper-covered (illustrated) cloth slipcase.The Paris collection of vélins (gouache and aquarel drawings on the finest parchment) started about 400 years ago. This unique and sumptuous collection beautifully depicts flowers, plants and animals, and consists now of no less than 7000 vélins.