1 / 10
engraving of a banner with cherensils and cherensils flying over a citythree old books are lined up in a row on a white surfacethree open books on a blue surface with a drawing of a man holding a banneran open book with drawings of flowers and plants on itan open book with drawings of plants and flowers on a blue surfacethree open books on a blue surface one is a plant and the other is a floweran open book on a table with a pencil in itan open book on a blue surface with a white handlethree books are lined up in a row on a white surfacethree wooden books are lined up in a row on a white surface
Premium Maison de Ventes Richard

47 - 2 - TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de). *Elements of Botany, or A Met…
See original version (French)

Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Sale commission
Description
TOURNEFORT (Joseph Pitton de). *Elements of Botany, or A Method for Recognising Plants*. Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1694. 3 volumes, 8vo, 19th-century Lavallière half-calf, decorated spine. (10) folios, 562 pp., (9) folios, 451 plates. Some discolouration and pinholes. First edition of one of the seminal works of modern botany, in which Pitton de Tournefort established a method for classifying plants, which remained in use until Linnaeus’s system was introduced. It is adorned with a frontispiece title engraved on copper by Vermeulen, repeated in each volume, 1 vignette on the title page of Volume I, 2 headbands, 2 initials and 451 plates engraved from drawings by Claude Aubriet, comprising Volumes II and III [complete].
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Catalogue sale of antique and modern books, engravings and documents
Auction location
Auction time 09/29/2026 at 10:30 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like