Search Results: dictionnaire des sciences naturelles by antoine laurent de jussieu

Sttasbourg & Paris: Paris : F.G. Levrault, 1816-1829.. 29 x 20 cm. Handcolored stipple engravings printed in colors. Printed on rag wove paper.OCLC Number:348868. Fine condition.Professeur au Jardin du roi, puis directeur du Muséum, Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836) est issu d’une lignée de cinq naturalistes lyonnais et parisiens. Célèbre pour son approche systématique, il publie un ouvrage majeur en 1789 : Genera plantarum. Jussieu propose au monde savant une classification botanique, fruit de dix-sept années de recherches familiales. Dans ce recueil, il distribue les quelque 20 000 plantes alors connues en 1 754 genres, selon le principe d’une hiérarchie de caractères qui organise le système des végétaux. Sa méthode dite « naturelle » s’oppose au système de Linné, appuyé sur la description visible. C’est un ordre nouveau, qui inspire Cuvier et Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire pour le règne animal. Son œuvre demeure fondamentale pour l’histoire des sciences et des idées.… Read More

Very good copy of the Botany Acotyledons volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences
Complete with all 103 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of seedless plants such as ferns and mosses (previously referred to as acotyledons)
Includes many species of ferns, moss, lichen, mushroom, truffle, seaweed, algae, etc.
All the illustrations drawn and directed by Pierre Jean François Turpin, engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Massard, F. Plée, Carnonkel, Dion, Madame Joyeau, Monsaldi, Gelée. etc.
Vegetaux Acotyledons: Title page, 8pp (table of plates), 103 handcoloured engraved plates
Part of Cuvier's massive Dictionary of Natural Sciences that was published in 60 text volumes and 13 plate volumes from 1816 to 1830.
Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840) was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and after.
Brown cloth binding, gilt title on spine, "Library of Congress" stamp on endpaper, book block… Read More

Very good copy of the Botany Monocots volume from Cuvier's huge Dictionary of Natural Sciences
Complete with all 82 hand-coloured stipple engraved plates of monocotyledon plants
Includes palm tree, date, banana, tulip, iris, amaryllis, daffodil, agave, fritillary, maize, ginger, strelitzia, vanilla, cypripedium and epidendrium orchids, etc.
With the heartbreaking caption to the amaryllis plate: Turpin fils pinxt. Mort le 21 Aout 1821, age de 18 ans et 6 jours. "Drawn by Turpin Junior. Died 21 August 1821, aged 18 years and 6 days."
All the illustrations drawn and directed by Pierre Jean François Turpin (apart from one by his son) and engraved by Louis Massard, Madame Massard, F. Plée, Carnonkel, Dion, Madame Joyeau, Monsaldi, Gelée. etc.
Vegetaux Monocotyledons: Title page, 3pp (table of plates), 82 handcoloured engraved plates of monocot plants.
Part of Cuvier's massive Dictionary of Natural Sciences that was published in 60 text volumes and 13 plate volumes from 1816 to 1830.
Pierre Jean… Read More