La flore et la pomone francaises :histoire et figure en couleur, des fleurs et des fruits de France ou naturalises sur le sol francais

By

Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri, 1772-1845

Didot, Firmin.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Paris, Chez l'auteur, rue Furstemberg, 1828-1833

Notes

"Imprimerie de A. Firmin Didot, rue Jacob, n. 24."

T. 1: 1828, plates 1-100 [6 plate nos. supplied in ms.]; t. 2: 1829, plates 101-200; t. 3: 1830, plates 201-300; t. 4: 1831, plates 301-400; t. 5: 1832, plates 401-500; t. 6: 1833, plates 501-544.

There were 800 plates planned; one copy (Plesch) had a sequence of 501-552, which bibliographically is unique?

There were three separate issues: (1.) "Jésus grand" on ordinary wove paper, (2.) "Vélia" in quarto, and (3.) "Velin" in folio, 12 copies.

Stafleu (2nd) | 3311.

Pritzel (2nd) | 4404.

Nissen, C. Die Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.) | 988.

Sitwell & Blunt, Great flower books: 1700-1900 | p. 61.

Dunthorne | 160.

Plesch, Répertoire bibliographique de la bibliothèque | p. 280-281.

Subjects

1828-1833 , Botany , Classification , Color-printed , Copper engraving , Flowers , France , Fruit , Graphic media : , Hand colored , Horticulture , Pictorial works

BHL Collections

Missouri Botanical Garden's Rare Books Collection

Call Number

QK313.J27 1828-33

Language

French

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.417
OCLC: 14093501