Great Flower Books, p.105; Stafleu-Cowan, II, 3306; Nissen, BBI, 989; Pritzel, 4401; Brunet, III, 517; see Fl\u00e9ty, 168 (for the binder).<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition. An exceptional copy printed on large paper, complete with 10 portraits and 1000 engraved plates in colour.<\/span><\/p>\n Painter and naturalist Jaume St Hilaire (1772-1845) came from a wealthy family in Grasse. He devoted his life to botany, studying under Daubenton, Desfontaine, Jussieu (whose system he adopted) and Lamarck. Trained in flower painting in the studio of G\u00e9rard van Spaendonck, professor of \u2018natural iconography\u2019 at the Jardin des Plantes, Jaume Saint-Hilaire himself produced all the drawings used to illustrate this work. With Plantes de la France<\/i>, he produced his great work.<\/p>\n Initially conceived in 4 volumes (published in 54 issues), the work was interrupted in 1809 and resumed ten years later in 1819 by Jaume Saint Hilaire, who added six further volumes, published in 60 issues.<\/p>\n Occasional foxing.<\/p>\n A very fine copy, entirely untrimmed, complete with all the required plates and bound by Thouvenin at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 volumes 4to (169 x 175 mm) lithographed portrait o-frontispiece of Piton de Tournefort en frontispiece, title, VI, XXVIII, 100 plates (numbered 1 to 100) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume I ; lithographed portrait of S\u00e9bastien Vaillant, title, 107 plates (numbered 101 to 207) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume II ; lithographed portrait of Jacques Barrelier, title, 93 plates (numbered 208 to 300) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume III ; lithographed portrait of Michel Adanson, title, 100 plates (numbered 301 \u00e0 400) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text, 1 un.l. (subscribers list), VI pp. (index), 1 un.l. (errata) for volume IV ; lithographed portrait of Louis-Henri Duhamel Dumonceau, title, 100 plates (numbered 401 to 500) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume V ; lithographed portrait of Ren\u00e9 Louiche Desfontaines, title, 100 plates (numbered 501 to 600) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume VI ; lithographed portrait of Andr\u00e9 Thouin, title, 100 plates (numbered 601 to 700) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume VII ; lithographed portrait of Jean-Baptiste Pierre-Antoine Monet de Lamarck, title, 100 plates (numbered 701 to 800) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume VIII ; lithographed portrait of Jacques Julien de la Billardi\u00e8re, title, 100 plates (numbered 801 to 900) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume IX ; lithographed portrait of Jean-Henri Jaume de Saint-Hilaire, title, 100 plates (numbered 901 to 1000) engraved and printed in colors with accompanying text for volume X. Contemporary Morocco backed boards signed \u2018R.P. Thouvenin\u2018, spine gilt with raised bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[532],"product_tag":[1267,590,1450,1323,1518],"class_list":{"0":"post-72834","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-botanical","7":"product_tag-binding","8":"product_tag-botanical","9":"product_tag-first-edition","10":"product_tag-general-botany","11":"product_tag-large-paper","12":"pa_auteur-jaume-saint-hilaire-jean-henri-2","13":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Jean Henri JAUME SAINT-HILAIRE","chapeau":"Bound by Thouvenin","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, imprimerie P. Didot l'a\u00een\u00e9 pour l'auteur, [1805] 1808-1809 & 1822","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n