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Robert, Nicolas (c.l600-l684?) 
See Michaud, Biog. Univ. 38:206-210 (1824). _ 
Miniature painter and engraver. Etaployed^,^^^is 
by Gaston d*Orleans, at same time with Brunj^r, 
Morison and Marchant,the botanists. After the 
death of Gaston, Robert entered the service of 
Louis XIV* The Academic des Sciences sponsored 
a "Proj^tvde I'histoire des plantes", the plates 
of which were drawn by Robert and engraved under 
direction of Abraham Bosse, with descriptions 
by Nicolas Marchant. The "Figures des plantes", 
39 plates, with frontispiece and vignette by 
S^bastien Leclerc, form Pt.II of the work, is¬ 
sued in 1676 . These plates were later reduced 
in size, for insertion in the M^moires of the 
Acad^mie, where they lack the soft quality of 
the originals. This collection of engravings 
of plants was continued after the death of Ro¬ 
bert by Louis Chastillon, and completed I 692 . 
The list of 243 species given by Seguier, Bib. 
Bot., p. 160 - 168 , is incomplete; but A. de Jus¬ 
sieu gives a full account of the collection in 
M^m. Acad. Paris, 1727* For additional infor¬ 
mation on the various editions of these plates 
see Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Cat. Brunet, 
4:73» The main entry tn the present bibliogra¬ 
phy for the "Recueil de plantes" is made under 
Bosse, Abraham, q.v* 
