Flore médicale. Peinte par Mme E.P[anckoucke] et par P. J.F. Turpin.

7 parts in 8 vol. (lacking part 4), 8vo: xvi-209-[1 bl.], [4]-236, 265-[1 bl.], [4]-280, 271-[1 bl.], [12]-viii-278-[6], 174-3-[1 bl.]-4, 199-[1] pp. (usual spotting and browning).

Contemp. quarter sheep with sm. corners, blue marbled paper on covers, gilt orn. flat spines, red leather title labels. Good set.

First edition of this famous botanical work, produced during the great period of French colour printing. This set includes vol. 1-6 and is illustrated with 290 numbered engr. plates (lacking the plates of vol. 4: 173-231) and 10 "bis"-numb. plates (33, 54, 83, 112, 120, 123, 129, 148, 307 and 333). 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. Our set includes also J.L.M. Poiret's "Partie élémentaire" (also known as "Leçons de flore") and P.J.F. Turpin's "Iconographie végétale" illustrated with 2 fold. engr. tables and 56 numb. engr. plates (I-LVI) and 8 "bis"-numb. plates (ii, iv, iv (ter), xxxvi, xliii, xliv, xlviii, lvi).
Ref. Nissen (BBI) 349. - Pritzel 1676. - Jackson, B.D. - Guide to the literature of botany, p. 201.