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CHAUMETON, François Pierre

Flore médicale, décrite par Chaumeton, Chamberet et Poiret peinte par Mme E. Panckoucke, et par P.J.F. Turpin. Ouvrage entièrement neuf

Paris
C.L.F. Panckoucke
1814/18

€450 - €700

6 (sur 7) vol. in-8°, xvi-209, [4]-236, 265, [4]-280, [4]-266, 271 pp, some spotting, wormholes in margins of 10 leaves in vol. 6, complete with the 349 cont. handcol. plates and the 11 'bis'-numb., cont. unif. half calf bindings

First edition of this famous botanical work, produced during the great period of French colour printing. This set includes parts 1-6 and is illustrated with 349 numbered engr. plates and 11 ""bis""-numb. plates (33, 54, 83, 112, 120, 123, 129, 148, 231, 307 and 333), protected with tissue guards. Plates by Lambert jeune after Jean François Pierre Turpin (1775-1840), one of the three giants of botanical art of the era, all finished by hand by Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke (1784-1860), the publisher's wife, and one of Redouté's most gifted pupils.

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