CANDOLLE, Augustin-Pyramus de and LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste de. - Lot 49

CANDOLLE, Augustin-Pyramus de and LAMARCK, Jean-Baptiste de. Flore Française, ou Descriptions Succinctes de Toutes les Plantes qui Croissent Naturellement en France... Paris, Desray, 1815. 5 volumes in 6 vol. in-8. Demi-basane fawn. Smooth spine decorated with faux nerfs in gilt garland and gilt fleurons, pale yellow edges. XVI+224, XII+600, 731, 400, (401-944)+(1 f.) and 662 pages, 11 black folding plates and a large folding color map. Some loss of leather and cracked jaws on volumes 1 and 3, some rubbing, first cover of volume 3 fragile, some minor soiling in the 6th volume, small tear to the right of the map. The result of a monumental botanical project and the collaboration of two of the greatest naturalists of their time, the Flore Française lists and describes all the plants that can be found in France. Rosaceae, grasses, fungi, lichens, valerians... several thousand species are included in this important series. Complete, it is accompanied by ten plates and an impressive botanical map of France at the beginning of the Empire on copperplate, enhanced in color by hand. Rare set in its original binding.