Flore Medicale, Decrite Par F. P. Chaumeton, Docteur en Medecine, Peinte Par Mme. E. P..........., et Par P. J. F. Turpin. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, Editeur, 1814. [Together with] Essai d'une Inconographie Elementaire et Philosophique des Végétaux, Avec un Texte Explicatif Par P. J. F. Turpin. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, Editeur, MDCCCXX.
Medical Flora, Described by F. P. Chaumeton, Doctor of Medicine, Painted by Mrs. E. Panckoucke, and by P. J. F. Turpin. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, Publisher, 1814-1820. [Together with] Essay on an Elementary and Philosophical Iconography of Plants, with Explanatory Text by P. J. F. Turpin. Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, Publisher, 1820.
THE STUNNING FIRST EDITION OF CHAUMETON'S FLORE MEDICALE WITH OVER 400 FINELY COLOURED PLATES IN BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDINGS!
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Illustrated with numerous beautiful hand coloured plates of different flowers and plants used for medicinal purposes, and several plates not explicitly for medical purposes despite the title, for example the banana, melon, pineapple, etc.
This edition is very well attested to and highly desirable for being such a fantastic example of finely coloured plates. It is described in Great Flower Books pp.53 and remains to this day one of the greatest printed works in the genre.
A complete set in much inferior bindings recently sold at Sotheby's November 29th 2022 lot 291, realising £3,528 GBP.
Size: 131 x 205 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[t.p., v-xvi, 209pp.]; [t.p., 236pp.]; [t.p., pp.5-265]; [t.p., pp.5-266]; [t.p., pp.1-166, pp.169-280]; [t.p., pp.5-271]; [t.p., 8pp., i-viii, 278pp., 5pp., plates]; [t.p., pp.5-174, pp.1-3, pp.1-4, plates, t.p., i-ii, pp.9-199, 1pp., foldout]
Near contemporary half calf over marbled paper backed boards very finely tooled in gilt with tooled morocco labels uniformly laid to spines. Very attractive on the shelf, a beautiful set indeed. Minor shelf/edge wear else externally very good or better, though with boards scuffed to varying degrees as typical. Generally very clean throughout the text blocks, mildly toned but no more than as commensurate with expectation. Volume 5 lacks 19 plates and the leaf numbered 167-168. Volume 7 plates are bound at the rear rather than throughout like in the other volumes. Volume 8 plates bound at the rear of the first text. One foldout table (only), of two, else the other volumes collate as complete, thus the set contains a total of 406 plates of a total of 425. Very large foldout table present at the rear of volume eight torn and foxed as pictured.
[OCLC 883547939].
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