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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Chaumeton, Chamberet & Poiret. Flore Médicale painte par Mme E[rnest] P[anckoucke] et par J.Turpin. Nouvelle Publication. Paris, C.L.F.Panckoucke, 1828- 1832. 6 vols. Small folio (27 x 18cm). With a total of 360 colour-engraved plates finished by hand. Original tissue guards. 19th century green half morocco decorated in blind. 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. The classification is in alphabetical order. Each plate is accompanied by explanatory text (ie. vol.I, chap.54, 6 pages on banana plant with 2 plates; vol.II, chap.83, 7pages on cacao with 2 plates, chap.85, 8 pages on coffee with 1 plate; chap.93, 2 pages on the rubber tree with 1 plate; vol. III, chap.122, 7 pags on the lemon tree: with 1 plate; vol.VI, chap.340,7 pages on the tea plant with 1 plate). Occasional light toning, but generally a very good set with minimal traces of usage. See note & illustration in Hünersdorff, Coffee: a bibliography (2002), p292.