LAMARCK, J-B.P.A. de MONET de Flore françoise ou Description succincte de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France (…). Tome premier (- troisième). 1778Paris,Imprimerie Royale,3 vol., 8vo, cont. sp. calf (rubbed, sm. def. at head...
Estimation :
300 / 400
Adjudication :
450 €
Description
& tail), gilt ornamental border on covers, richly gilt flat spine, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker, [2]-cxix-223-[1]-131-[1]-xxix-[1], [2]-iv-684, [2]-654-xx-[2] pp. (some spotting). Good copy.
“Drawing on nine years of field study and collecting, Lamarck (1744-1829) published a three-volume flora of France in 1778. Botany had become universally popular, and a wide public greeted his Flore françoise as a useful manual of identification. It did not adhere slavishly to the methods of the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus and won for Lamarck appointment to the Academy of Sciences, which at that time was restricted to 42 members” (Enc. Brit.). 9 folding engravings by Claude Fessard (8 ills, 1 table). Collector’s stamp.
“Drawing on nine years of field study and collecting, Lamarck (1744-1829) published a three-volume flora of France in 1778. Botany had become universally popular, and a wide public greeted his Flore françoise as a useful manual of identification. It did not adhere slavishly to the methods of the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus and won for Lamarck appointment to the Academy of Sciences, which at that time was restricted to 42 members” (Enc. Brit.). 9 folding engravings by Claude Fessard (8 ills, 1 table). Collector’s stamp.
