GÉRARD, Frédéric Nouvelle flore usuelle et médicale,... Lot 1042

GÉRARD, Frédéric Nouvelle flore usuelle et médicale, or Histoire et description de tous les végétaux utiles [...]. Paris au siège de l'association des auteurs et artistes unis, F. Didot Frères 1851-1856 4 vols. 4to: 6]-vi-391-[3], [6]-dcccxliv, viii-488, viii-22 pp. (some dampstaining in upper margins of first 2 vol., some min. browning and soiling, pl. in good condition). Contemp. quarter brown cloth (faded, corners rubbed and bumped), flat spines (joints of last vol. splitting). Extensive sequence of the multi-volume work on botany, finished in 1860, with beautifully coloured steel engravings heightened with Arabic gum depicting vegetables, fruits, useful plants, trees, etc., and with the use of a variety of materials. Our set contains 207 coloured engr. pl. (irregular numbering, jumping over several numbers, with some bis-numbers): 1) Volume I (part one) comprising "the natural families of ranunculaceae, dileniaceae, magnoliaceae, etc."; 2) Introduction (part one). Elementary botany; 3. Applied botany, Horticulture. Volume 1: general principles, vegetable and fruit gardens; 4) General botanical introduction. Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Not in Nissen, Pritzel. Prov. Association of United Authors and Artists (blindst. on pl.).