CHAUMETON (P. F.), CHAMBERET (J. B.), POIRET (J. L.) &...

CHAUMETON (P. F.), CHAMBERET (J. B.), POIRET (J. L.) & TURPIN (J. F.).
Medical Flora. New edition. Paris, Panckoucke, 1842–1845.
6 vols., large 8vo, red half-maroquin, spine with ornate faux raised bands (contemporary binding).
New illustrated edition with 360 inserted plates (numbered 1 through 349, including 11 duplicate plates), finely enhanced with
watercolors by E. Panckoucke and J. Fr. Turpin. They depict the entire plants and some details of their flowers or
seeds. Arranged in alphabetical order, they are accompanied by one or more pages of explanatory text that
particularly highlight their medicinal uses.
Some foxing in places (especially on the half-leaves). (Pritzel, no. 1679 for the first edition).
Included in the same binding is Volume 7: RICHARD (A.) & TURPIN (P.J.F.) *Iconographie végétale ou organisation des végétaux*
illustrated with analytical figures by P.J.F. Turpin. Paris, Panckoucke, 1841.
61 colored plates (see I–LVI, including 5 bis). Severe wear on the binding. A few very slight foxing spots.
A SET OF 7 VOLUMES.