Nouvelle flore usuelle et médicale, ou Histoire et description de tous les végétaux utiles [...].

4 vol., 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. Our set contains 207 coloured engr. pl. (irregular numbering, jumping over several numbers, with some bis-numbers): 1) Tome premier (première partie) comprising "les familles naturelles des ranonculacées, dilléniacées, magnoliacées, etc."; 2) Introduction (première partie). Botanique élémentaire; 3) Botanique appliquée, Horticulture. Tome 1: principes géneraux, jardin potager, jardin fruitier; 4) Introduction botanique générale.
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Not in Nissen, Pritzel.
Prov. Association des auteurs et artistes unis (blindst. on pl.).