[MORDANT DE LAUNAY, JEAN CLAUDE MIEN and LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS, JEAN LOUIS AUGUSTE]. Herbier de l'Amateur de Fleurs, contenant, gravés et coloriés, d'après nature... [edited] par M. Drapiez... Brussels: v[euv]e P.J. De Mat, 1828-35. 8 vols., 4to, 251 x 187 mm., contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some repairs to joints and spine ends, some wear; scattered foxing throughout volumes (heavy at times, especially to text), some browning and spotting to plates, lower margins stained at beginning of vol. 3 (affecting approximately 13 plates), some dampstaining at end of vol. 8 (approximately 12 plates dampstained or wrinkled). A reissue of the Herbier géneral de l'amateur (1814-27), with an additional 26 plates, compiled by Pierre Auguste Joseph Drapiez. 600 hand-colored engraved plates all by Pancrace Bessa with the exception of one by P.J. Redouté and one by Poiteau. Nissen BBI 2324; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 4958.