Title
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
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