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735 - Medical flora [...]. Painted by Mme E.
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Estimate €500 - €600
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Medical flora [...]. Painted by Mme E. P[anckoucke] and by P.J.F. Turpin. 7 parts in 8 vols, 8vo; 2 fold. tables and 424 pl. (occ. spotting and normal toning). - First edition of this famous botanical work, produced during the great period of French colour printing. This set includes parts 1-7 (with the 7th in 2 vol.) and is illustrated with 349 numbered engr. plates and 11 "bis"-numb. plates, protected with tissue guards, 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 also includes 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. - Ref. Nissen (BBI) 349. - Pritzel 1676. - Jackson, B.D. - Guide to the literature of botany, p. 201.
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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