(botanique) Chaumeton, F.P., J.L.M.Poiret & J.Tyrbas... Lot n° 1010

(botany) Chaumeton, F.P., J.L.M.Poiret & J.Tyrbas de Chamberet, Flore Médicale. Paris, C.L.F. Pancoucke, 1828-32. 6 vol. in-8°. Ill. with 354 plates, hand coloured. Orig. half leather binding, spines broken (to be restored). Handsome large format edition of one of the most important early 19th century compendiums of known medicinal plants with coloured plates, first published in octavo 1814-20. The fine stipple-engraved colour illustrations in the style of Redouté by two of his accomplished pupils, Pierre-Jean-François Turpin (1775-1840) and A.E. Panckoucke, represent images of the entire plants with some details of flowers. Description NL (botanique) Chaumeton, F.P., J.L.M.Poiret & J.Tyrbas de Chamberet, Flore Médicale. Paris, C.L.F. Pancoucke, 1828-32. 6 vol. in-8°. Illustré de 354 planches finement gravées et soigneusement coloriées à la main. Demi-veau brun clair, dos à restaurer. Très joli à l'intérieur.