ROQUES, Joseph. Phytographie médicale, ornée de figures coloriées de grandeur naturelle . Paris: Didot the Younger for the Author, 1821 [-1824].
ROQUES, Joseph. Phytographie médicale, ornée de figures coloriées de grandeur naturelle . Paris: Didot the Younger for the Author, 1821 [-1824]. 2 volumes, 4 o (309 x 230 mm). Half-titles, 180 plates printed in color and finished by hand by Edouard Hocquart. (Some minor spotting and occasional light offsetting from text onto plates.) Contemporary calf-backed paper boards, edges uncut (rebacked preserving original spines, overall rubbing, particularly to extremeties). Provenance : Marcel Trannoy (gift inscription from his father, dated 14 May 1893). FIRST EDITION, describing medicinal, poisonous, and narcotic plants including mushrooms, poppies, and cannabis, as well as their remedies. Joseph Roques born in Valance, studied at the University of Montpellier and later moved to Paris were he soon acquired the reputation of an eminent botanist. Hocquart drew and engraved the fine plates which were then color-printed and finished by hand. According to Brunet the work was issued in 36 parts from 1821-25. Brunet IV 1388; Johnson Cleveland Collections 855; Nissen BBI 1673; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 9497. (2)
ROQUES, Joseph. Phytographie médicale, ornée de figures coloriées de grandeur naturelle . Paris: Didot the Younger for the Author, 1821 [-1824].
ROQUES, Joseph. Phytographie médicale, ornée de figures coloriées de grandeur naturelle . Paris: Didot the Younger for the Author, 1821 [-1824]. 2 volumes, 4 o (309 x 230 mm). Half-titles, 180 plates printed in color and finished by hand by Edouard Hocquart. (Some minor spotting and occasional light offsetting from text onto plates.) Contemporary calf-backed paper boards, edges uncut (rebacked preserving original spines, overall rubbing, particularly to extremeties). Provenance : Marcel Trannoy (gift inscription from his father, dated 14 May 1893). FIRST EDITION, describing medicinal, poisonous, and narcotic plants including mushrooms, poppies, and cannabis, as well as their remedies. Joseph Roques born in Valance, studied at the University of Montpellier and later moved to Paris were he soon acquired the reputation of an eminent botanist. Hocquart drew and engraved the fine plates which were then color-printed and finished by hand. According to Brunet the work was issued in 36 parts from 1821-25. Brunet IV 1388; Johnson Cleveland Collections 855; Nissen BBI 1673; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 9497. (2)
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