LA BOTANIQUE, ou Histoire et Figure en Couleur des Fleurs et des Fruits de France ou Naturalisés sur le Sol Français
Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1828-1833. Jaume Saint-Hilaire. First Edition. Hardcover. Six quarto (7" x 11") volumes bound in three in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with 544 plates printed in colors and finished by hand. Rare and important collection of French botany by the naturalist and artist Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845). DUNTHORNE page 4: “It is not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that precise scientific drawing commences to characterize French flower plates but with the transition the French artists such as Jaume St. Hilaire, Bessa, Turpin and Redouté rose almost immediately to world pre-eminence. These names are collector's high points”; NISSEN 988; PRITZEL 4404. Scattered light to moderate foxing, affecting the text more than the plates; covers tight with the backstrip of the first volume largely detached. Very Good. Item #021671
Price: $15,000.00