Flore médicale décrite par F.P. Chaumeton ; peinte par Mme. E.P. et par P.J.F. Turpin

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Notes: Also published in quarto and folio editions; Chaumeton assisted by J. Chamberet and J. Poiret, tomes 3-6; Mme. E.P. identified in tome 2, etc. as Mme. E. Panckoucke; Published in 90 parts, each with 4 colored copper engravings; Publisher's advertisement: t. [8], 4 pages at end; The letters "a.l.l." appear in the lower right corner of some of the plates, perhaps indicating "avant le lettre," although the plates also have the engraved captions; The plates are hand-colored; Tomes 7 and [8] composed of 2 works: Partie élémentaire / par J.L.M. Poiret (issued separately in 1819-1820 as Leçons de flore); and Iconographie végétale / par P.J.F. Turpin. Each has its own title page; Dunthorne, G. Flower and fruit prints, page 187; Johnston, S.H. Cleveland herbal, botanical, and horticultural collections, 782; Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration, 349; Sitwell, S. Great flower books, 1700-1900 (1990 edition), page 87; Stafleu, F.A. Taxonomic literature (2nd ed.), 1091; CHMRB copy (bound in 3 volumes; volume 1, 39088015259864; volume 2, 39088015259765; volume 3, 39088015259906) is incomplete, lacking the title leaf and text pages, and including selected plates from tomes 1-6, only. The set has been tentatively identified with this particular edition based on comparison with the digitized version of the copy from the Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médicine (Paris, France); CHMRB copy has plates numbered 1-349 (except plates 11, 59-62, 84, 154-155, 173-176 and 292-295 are wanting), and the following "bis" plates: 33 bis, 54 bis, 83 bis, 112 bis, 120 bis, 123 bis, 129 bis, 148 bis, 231 bis, 307 bis, and 333 bis, only; CHMRB copy has the plates divided among the three volumes as follows: volume 1. Absinthe through Chévre-feuille. Plates numbered 1-10, 12-33, 33 bis, 34-54, 54 bis, 55-58, 63-83, 83 bis, 85-112, 112 bis, 113-116; volume 2. Chicorée through Menthe crispée. Plates numbered 117-120, 120 bis, 121-123, 123 bis, 124-129, 129 bis, 130-148, 148 bis, 149-153, 156-172, 177-231, 231 bis, 232-233; volume 3. Menthe poivré through Zedoaire. Plates numbered 234-281, [unnumbered plate, "Pothos fetide"], 282-291, 296-307, 307 bis, 308-333, 333 bis, and 334-349; CHMRB copy has bookplate: Presented by the Council, 1924. Accession numbers. 8560-8562; CHMRB copy has later blue and red cloth bindings with gilt-stamped spines

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 1814; 1820

Call number: QK99.A1 C45 1814X

author: Chaumeton, François-Pierre 1775-1819
Author: Chamberet, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Anne-César Tyrbas de 1779-1870
illustrator: Panckoucke, Ernestine
Author: Poiret, Jean Louis Marie 1755-1834; Poiret, Jean Louis Marie 1755-1834 Leçons de flore; Turpin, P. J. F (Pierre Jean François) 1775-1840; Poiret, Jean Louis Marie 1755-1834 Partie élémentaire; Turpin, P. J. F (Pierre Jean François) 1775-1840 Iconographie végétale

Type: Pictorial works; Pictorial Work

Physical description: 7 volumes in 8, leaves of plates color illustrations 21 cm

Title: Collection of coloured plates of plants and flowers both wild and cultivated arranged from A-Z DSI; Collection of colored plates: plants and flowers DSI

Topic: Botany, Medical; Herbals; Materia medica, Vegetable; Plants; 42.40 botany: general; Plants, Medicinal; Flora (biologie); Geneeskrachtige planten; Materia medica; Plaatwerken; Materia Medica

Record ID: siris_sil_947086

Usage: CC0