Pierre Jean François Turpin

Essai d'une iconographie élémentaire et philosophique des végétaux. Paris: Panckoucke, 1820

4to (278 x 200mm.), 65 plain plates (one folding) and 2 additional coloured plates by Becalet after Turpin, obituary notice of Turpin bound in, contemporary morocco-backed boards, marbled endpapers, some spotting and browning at extremities, folding plate with creasing and marginal repairs, spine slightly sunned, extremities slightly rubbed

A UNIQUE CO🍷PY with two additional coloured plates.

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 78; Nissen BBI 2014