François Pierre Chaumeton | Flore médicale, Paris, 1814-20, 7 vols bound in 8, contemporary russia gilt by Bibolet

François Pierre Chaumeton

Flore médicale. Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1814-1820

FIRST EDITION, 7 volumes bound in 8, 4to (275 x 205mm), half titles, 2 folding engraved tables, 424 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, contemporary russia gilt by Bibolet, occasional spotting or foxing, head of spine missing on volume 2

A work most notable for its fine illustrations, in Redouté's style of stipple-engraving, by P.J.F. Turpin and Anne-Ernestine Panckoucke, the latter a pupil of van Spaendonck and Redouté, and wife of the publisher.

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 53; Nissen BBI 349; Stafleu TL2 1091