8 vol. in-8°, avec 1550 pages and 424 cont. HAND COLORED botanical engravings. Some pages have a small brown spot. Some engravings are numbered incorrectly. A very rare complete set!! Each engraving has associated text. PART I: 1814 PART II: 1815 PART III: 1816 PART IV: 1817 PART V: 1818 PART VI: 1818 PART VII (1st part): 1820 PART VII (2nd part): 1819 Flore Médicale. Cont. half calf bindings (some rub.). Nice set. Décrite par M.M. Chaumeton (François Pierre Chaumeton (1775-1819) was a French army doctor, pharmacist and botanist. He worked on a number of notable medical publications beyond these - Fellow botanist Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755-1834) collaborated with him on this project, perhaps accounting for its broad scope, well beyond mere medical botany. The detailed illustrations were executed by Ernestine Panckoucke and Pierre Jean François Turpin, both gifted botanical illustrators. Indeed, Turpin is considered one of the greatest botanical and floral illustrators) A beautiful work, with plates produced using the stipple engraving process developed by the great botanical artist Pierre-Jospeh Redoute. The title reflects the medicinal properties of: grapes, melon, palms, bananas, to name just a few.
Ref. Nissen n°349; Pritzel n° 1679
