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BULLIARD, Pierre (1742-1793). Flora parisiensis, ou descriptions et figures des plantes qui croissent aux environs de Paris, avec les différens noms, classes, ordres et genres qui leur conviennent, rangés suivant la méthode sexuelle de M. Linné. Paris: chez Didot jeune, 1776-1783.
6 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). General title in vol. I within hand-coloured engraved border, titles in vols II-VI within ornamental border, pp.32 + [2] Introduction at beginning of vol. I complete with half-title, engraved table of contents printed recto and verso, and 2 numbered hand-coloured engraved plates, 640 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Light scattered spotting and browning, particularly heavy on pl.61 in vol. V.) Contemporary mottled sheep, covers with gilt triple fillet borders, gilt spines with red and green morocco gilt labels. (Skilful repairs to head- and tailcaps of vols 1, 4, 5 and 6, extremities lightly rubbed, small wormhole in the lower compartment of vol. II, some joints cracked). Provenance: early ink manuscript corrections to about 20 plates and explanatory-text leaves.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION: A CLASSIC HERBAL OF PLANTS FROM THE ILE DE FRANCE, ILLUSTRATED WITH 642 ENGRAVED HAND-COLOURED PLATES. A RARE COMPLETE COPY WITH THE INTRODUCTION.
A skillful botanist and pupil of Rousseau, Pierre Bulliard (1722-1793) produced two ambitious works; this Flora Parisiensis and the voluminous Herbier de la France (see following lot). But if the latter was illustrated with engraved and colour-printed plates, this was entirely hand-coloured.
'The six volume Flora Parisiensis (1776-1783), now a rarity, contained descriptions and plates (by Bulliard himself) of 640 taxa... The Linnaean system was outlined in a separate introduction' (Stafleu p. 289).
Great Flower Books (1990), p.81; Nissen BBI 295; Stafleu & Cowan 904.
6 volumes, 8° (199 x 120mm). General title in vol. I within hand-coloured engraved border, titles in vols II-VI within ornamental border, pp.32 + [2] Introduction at beginning of vol. I complete with half-title, engraved table of contents printed recto and verso, and 2 numbered hand-coloured engraved plates, 640 hand-coloured engraved plates. (Light scattered spotting and browning, particularly heavy on pl.61 in vol. V.) Contemporary mottled sheep, covers with gilt triple fillet borders, gilt spines with red and green morocco gilt labels. (Skilful repairs to head- and tailcaps of vols 1, 4, 5 and 6, extremities lightly rubbed, small wormhole in the lower compartment of vol. II, some joints cracked). Provenance: early ink manuscript corrections to about 20 plates and explanatory-text leaves.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION: A CLASSIC HERBAL OF PLANTS FROM THE ILE DE FRANCE, ILLUSTRATED WITH 642 ENGRAVED HAND-COLOURED PLATES. A RARE COMPLETE COPY WITH THE INTRODUCTION.
A skillful botanist and pupil of Rousseau, Pierre Bulliard (1722-1793) produced two ambitious works; this Flora Parisiensis and the voluminous Herbier de la France (see following lot). But if the latter was illustrated with engraved and colour-printed plates, this was entirely hand-coloured.
'The six volume Flora Parisiensis (1776-1783), now a rarity, contained descriptions and plates (by Bulliard himself) of 640 taxa... The Linnaean system was outlined in a separate introduction' (Stafleu p. 289).
Great Flower Books (1990), p.81; Nissen BBI 295; Stafleu & Cowan 904.
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